Studio portrait of the Lewin children in Derazhnya.
Overview
- Caption
- Studio portrait of the Lewin children in Derazhnya.
Pictured are Abram (left), Misza (right) and Becky (standing). - Date
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Circa 1926
- 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
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:
- 2003-10-14 00:00:00
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