Esther (Lisa) was the eldest of 3 children of Joseph Povereny en Maria Brodsky. She had younger siblings: sister Anna and brother Sasha (Alexander Josipowitch). The Poverenys lived in Odessa and were well known; they owned a factory where high-quality hats were produced, straw hats for the summer, and fur hats for winter.
They ran 2 large warehouses in Odessa and Kiev and owned substantial real es…
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