Documented Life     Ancestors - Troper and Hochstein Genealogies


The Ancestors of Leora Troper
(Grandfather)

Moshe Troper
(b. 1892 Warsaw Poland, migrated to Palestine in 1920s, d. ca 1971 Israel)

House Painter, Baker, Union Organizer




Son of Sarah and Mordechai Troper

Brother of unknown siblings

Husband of Chaya (Laske) Troper

Father of Chana, Mordechai and Shmuel

Brief Life History

Migrated from Warsaw to Tel Aviv to escape conscription in Russian army.

Threatened with conscription in Ottoman army, he escaped Palestine for Egypt

Enlisted in British Army and served in Zion mule corp.

Survived Galipoli.

Married Chaya Laske in Palestine in the 1930s.

Was an unsuccesful union organizer in British Mandatory period..

Treated his children in a brutal manner.

Worked as house painter and as a baker, making cookies that his wife sold.

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