Emiliya and her husband Mark

In this photo are my husband Mark and myself. 
The photo was taken in Leningrad in January of 1956.  On the 25th of December, 1955, I buried my beloved Uncle Emmanuil, mother's brother, who did so much good for our family.  On the 27th of December I prematurely gave birth to my daughter, who I named Emma in honor of my uncle.  This photo was taken to commemorate the birth of our daughter.  I am 24 in this photo and my husband is 22.  Before this I graduated from the geography department of the Leningrad Gertzen Pedagogical Institute and worked as a geography teacher at school.  My husband finished the Minsk higher military academy of rocketeering and served in Leningrad region.  We were married in 1954, but met earlier, when I was still studying at the institute and he was at the radio college in the city of Pushkin, Leningrad region.  I share the fate of all officers' wives.

Centropa Collection acquired by 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". Please contact collection [at] centropa.org.