Alexander Paskov's parents, Estra (nee Levitina) and Moisei Paskov

This photograph was taken one month before my birth.
My mother told me how the photographer labored to position everyone
in such a manner so that her stomach was hidden from view.

In 1930, my parents married. They had known each other for a long time, since studying together in Starodub.
However, in my mother's words, during school, 'Father didn't notice me.'
Then they met in the Starodub Zemlyachestva in Leningrad and in Starodub.
These meetings led to the forming of our family. In 1931 I was born.

The Centropa Collection at USHMM

The Centropa archive has been acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. USHMM will soon offer a Special Collections page for Centropa.

Academics please note: USHMM can provide you with original language word-for-word transcripts and high resolution photographs. All publications should be credited: "From the Centropa Collection at the United States Memorial Museum in Washington, DC". 

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