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Mourners accompany the hearse carrying the body of Freida Albin prior to her funeral.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 80453
Mourners accompany the hearse carrying the body of Freida Albin prior to her funeral. Mr. Joffee is in front and Uncle Abraham is behind the hearse.

Mourners accompany the hearse carrying the body of Freida Albin prior to her funeral.

Mr. Joffee is in front and Uncle Abraham is behind the hearse.

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

About This Photograph

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.

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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: 2013-06-14 00:00:00
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