A cantor leads a porcession in prayer as the body of Freida Albin is carried down the stairs.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 80449

Date: April 1936
Locale: Riga, [Vidzeme] Latvia
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Latvia
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Herbert Albin

Biography: Herbert Albin is the son of Akady Albin (b, 9/22/1906) and the grandson of Mikhael and Freida (Gold) Albin. He had one brother, Ilya. Arkady lived in Latvia and in Germany and worked in the import export business. In 1933 he immigrated to the United States. In April of 1936, Arkady's mother Freida, died of a melanoma. Because he could not attend the funeral, his family hired a professional photographer to take 24 pictures of the entire funeral, from her in her shroud to the final burial.
In 1938 his father, Mikhael, and in 1940 his brother Ilya, immigrated to the United States via Cuba.
Keyword: CLERGY/RABBIS/CHAPLAINS (JEWISH)
FUNERALS
JEWS (LATVIAN)
STAIRS
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Herbert Albin

Source Record ID: Collections: 2013.472.1
: Record last modified: 2013-10-21 00:00:00
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