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Portrait of Katrina Horniak (nee Tatjana Melnik).

Photograph | Photograph Number: 77456
Portrait of Katrina Horniak (nee Tatjana Melnik).

Portrait of Katrina Horniak (nee Tatjana Melnik).

Date
Circa 1935
Locale
USSR
Photo Designation
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- USSR/Russia -- Family/Friends/Portraits
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of John Horniak

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Biography
Tatjana Melnik (later Katrina Horniak) was born in Russia on January 13, 1907. She married Iwan Horniak, and they had a son, John Adolph. During WWII, Katrina was imprisoned in Ravensbrueck and given the prisoner number 56937. Later, she was transferred to Dresden, a subcamp of Flossenbuerg, where she died on November 23, 1944. During her imprisonment, Iwan and John were able to flee occupied Europe. They survived the war and immigrated to the United States.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: John Horniak
 
Record last modified: 2018-03-27 00:00:00
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