Anna Mednik collection

Identifier
irn37670
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.255.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37670

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Anna Mednik Lyubovitsky

Initial donation to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Anna Mednik Lyubovitsky in 2009 with an accretion of additional materials added by her in 2015.

Scope and Content

Contains a letter, dated August 17, 1941, written by Shmul Munia Taborinsky (Anna Mednik’s great grandfather) who in June 1941, after the German invasion of the USSR, volunteered to serve in the Soviet Army at the age of 57. In his letter he described his duties in the transport company and expressed his deep feelings of love for his wife Berta and children: Ida, Sonia and Lisa, all residing in Leningrad. The collection also contains a photograph of Ida (born May 29, 1929 ) and Sofiya Taborinsky (Anna Mednik's grandmother and great aunt), taken in early June 1941 in Leningrad, a few months before the siege of that city. Shmul Taborinsky (1884-1941) was killed in action on August 21, 1941. His two younger daughters: Sonia and Lisa died of hunger during the siege of Leningrad in 1942.

Subjects

  • Saint Petersburg (Russia)

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.