Overview
- Description
- Contains a letter, dated August 17, 1941, written by Shmul Munia Taborinsky (Anna Mednik’s great grandfather) who in June 1941, after the German invasion of the USSR, volunteered to serve in the Soviet Army at the age of 57. In his letter he described his duties in the transport company and expressed his deep feelings of love for his wife Berta and children: Ida, Sonia and Lisa, all residing in Leningrad. The collection also contains a photograph of Ida (born May 29, 1929 ) and Sofiya Taborinsky (Anna Mednik's grandmother and great aunt), taken in early June 1941 in Leningrad, a few months before the siege of that city. Shmul Taborinsky (1884-1941) was killed in action on August 21, 1941. His two younger daughters: Sonia and Lisa died of hunger during the siege of Leningrad in 1942.
- Date
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issue:
1941 August 17
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Anna Mednik Lyubovitsky
Physical Details
- Language
- Russian
- Genre/Form
- Letter. Photograph.
- Extent
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1 folder
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- Conditions on Access
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Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Saint Petersburg (Russia)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Initial donation to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Anna Mednik Lyubovitsky in 2009 with an accretion of additional materials added by her in 2015.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-12-26 14:22:30
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