Gof’s house

“1902” – the date on iron balcony work speaks for its age.nAn excerpt from a letter dated December 13, 1976 reads as follows:n“… This house belonged to Gof Gabriel Isidorovich, he died childless, and the house passed on to his niece Anna Ilyinichna Gof, who was married to a Jew, Grigory Moiseyevich Oguz, a doctor. In the lower floor there were 2 floors: Brauda – jewelry and women’s hats. Gabriel Gough lived 73 years. He was from a very wealthy family, one of the richest families in Mariupol. There is more information about his brother, Spiridon. In particular, he owned a steam mill – one of the two that existed in the city. He was a member of the city council for six years. Just before the war, a Russian-Jewish family lived on the second floor of the house: a grandmother, her daughter, and a girl of about 17. Presumably, these were relatives of Grigory Oguz. The old woman and her daughter shared suffered the fate of Mariupol Jews and were shot by the Nazis. A girl miraculously managed to escape, she left the city. After the liberation of the city, school classes were placed here, where children studied in several shifts. Then this building was taken by students of the Mariupol Pedagogical School. Then, in early April 1951, the editorial staff of the “Priazovsky rabochiy” moved into the second floor.