Overview
- Caption
- 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
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Circa 1927
- Locale
- Derazhnya, [Ukraine; Khmelnytska] USSR
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Ester Ajzen Lewin
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Ester Ajzen Lewin
Keywords & Subjects
- Photo Designation
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LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- USSR/Russia -- Economic Life/Daily Life
Administrative Notes
- 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.
- Record last modified:
- 2001-02-26 00:00:00
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