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Family Is All That Matters 116 wished that she could cry for her lost mother, but instead had something of a nervous breakdown, possibly due to post-partum depression. She was so distraught she did not have the strength to identify her mother's body. Aer the death of Rosa's mother, the Udler family decided they couldn't stay in Moscow; the memories were too sad. In the summer of 1948, Rosa, Moisey, and one-year-old David le for Moldova, and settled in the small town of Skulyane, where Yakov was born that September. Rosa continued her medical work. She was put in charge of an outplacement clinic that catered to the population of two villages. The job paid poorly, but the family ate well because the peasants oen paid for services with meat, bread, cheese, vegetables, and uit. Below: Moisey and Rosa Udler with David and Yakov on their shoulders in Skulyane, Moldova, 1951. The children thrived and Moisey painted, oen living in Moscow for months at a time to continue his art studies. Rosa was also oen out of the house, making house calls in villages all over the region. Aer two years, Moisey could no longer bear the separation om Rosa and his sons and came to live in Skulyane full-time. Rosa got a job that would allow her to be at home more. She was appointed head of the dermatological and veterological (skin and venereal diseases) center. It was an important job, so the government gave the Udlers a bigger house. Later, Rosa became senior medical doctor for a malaria clinic, and a few years aer that she was appointed deputy chief of the epidemiological section. Moisey found a job at the local newspaper as the head of the belle letters (fiction and literature) department. Every once in a while, Moisey even managed to sell one of his canvasses. Today, many of Moisey Udler's paintings are in private collections in Russia and Europe. But nothing is permanent. There was reorganization in the hospital and Rosa no longer had a job. Moisey was offered a good job in the capital of Moldova. It was tempting, but Rosa and Moisey decided that for the sake of David and Yakov's education, it was best for the family to move back to Moscow. Rosa's youngest sister Manya, now living in the family apartment with their father Shlomo, invited the Udlers to move in with them for a while. Another of Rosa's sisters, Inna, and her husband helped Rosa's family relocate to Moscow. Rosa's experience soon landed her not only a job but an apartment. She heard a rumor that the Hammer & Sickle factory planned to build apartments for some of its workers. She applied to work at this factory, which was so large it had its own medical clinic. She held three positions over the years, first as a nutritionist, helping the factory cafeteria plan meals for the workers. She also became head of the physical therapy department as well as its chief nurse. Her

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