Studio portrait of the Lewin children in Derazhnya.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 25527

Date: Circa 1926
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

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.
Keyword: CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS)
CHILDREN/YOUTH
FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH)
GROUP PORTRAITS
JEWS (RUSSIAN/SOVIET)
MUSICIANS/INSTRUMENTS
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Ester Ajzen Lewin
: Record last modified: 2003-10-14 00:00:00
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