Boris Girshov’s son

This photo of my son Eduard was taken in 2006 in St. Petersburg.

My son Eduard was born in 1947. At that time my wife was a student of Medical College.

It was me who convinced her to change future profession from a specialist in chemical agents and explosives she was going to become studying at the Technological College.

I considered it to be not adequate for a female. Later my wife graduated from the Medical College and worked all her life long (more than 40 years) in the hospital.

Our son graduated from the Shipbuilding College, because at school he was fond of ships modeling. He worked as a design engineer. When Perestroika came, it became impossible to make both ends meet.

He entered the College of Culture and became a producer. His family life was not successful. He got acquainted with a girl in Crimea and brought her to Leningrad.

Soon our grandson Konstantin was born. Eduard lived with his wife and son some time, but soon they broke up.

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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