Portrait of the Schneidman family on an excursion to a park in Leningrad.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 49121

Date: 1938 - 1939
Variant Locale: Sankt-Peterburg,
St. Petersburg
Russia
Petrograd
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- USSR/Russia -- Family/Friends/Portraits
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Galina London

Biography: Galina London (born Galina Schneidman) is the daughter of Ilya and Maria (Shpuntovo) Schneidman. Ilya was born in Turovo, Belarus and moved to Leningrad to study and work as an accountant. Maria was born in Bykhov, Belarus and worked in Leningrad as a chemist. Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, Ilya volunteered for the civil guard. After two months, he was captured and sent to a POW camp. When the Germans learned that he was Jewish, they killed him by tying him to two tanks and pulling his body apart.
Keyword: CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS)
CHILDREN/YOUTH
FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH)
GROUP PORTRAITS
JEWS (RUSSIAN/SOVIET)
WOMEN
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Galina London
: Record last modified: 2008-07-28 00:00:00
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