Portrait of the Schneidman family on an excursion to a park in Leningrad.
Overview
- Caption
- Portrait of the Schneidman family on an excursion to a park in Leningrad.
From left to right are Maria, Galina and Ilya Schneidman. - Date
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1938 - 1939
- Locale
- Leningrad, [Leningrad] USSR
- Variant Locale
- Sankt-Peterburg,
St. Petersburg
Russia
Petrograd - Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Galina London
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Galina London
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- 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.
- Record last modified:
- 2008-07-28 00:00:00
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