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Portrait of the Lewin family in Derazhnya.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 25519
Portrait of the Lewin family in Derazhnya. Among those pictured are Abram Lewin (front row, third from the right). Most of the family was killed by the Nazis in Derazhnya in 1942.

Portrait of the Lewin family in Derazhnya.

Among those pictured are Abram Lewin (front row, third from the right). Most of the family was killed by the Nazis in Derazhnya in 1942.

Date
Circa 1927
Locale
Derazhnya, [Ukraine; Khmelnytska] USSR
Photo Designation
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- USSR/Russia -- Economic Life/Daily Life
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Ester Ajzen Lewin

About This Photograph

Biography
Abram Lewin was born in Derazhnya, Ukraine. He had two brothers, Yuri and Misha and a sister, Becky. During WWII he enlisted in the Red Army. For a time he was stationed in Gorky, where he served in a unit responsible for the acquisition of foreign military hardware under the command of Lt. Milovanov. There he met a young Jewish refugee from Chelm, Estera Ajzen, and the two were married February 8, 1944. Abram later participated in the Soviet liberation of Berlin in May 1945. After the war the couple settled in Poland, where they remained until immigrating to the United States in 1956.

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Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Ester Ajzen Lewin
 
Record last modified: 2001-02-26 00:00:00
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