Maria Komarovskaya’s uncle Semen Bezprozvanny

Mother's brother Semen Bezprozvanny during the war. The photo was made in 1943. As I've already said, my mother was the eldest child. After her her brother Semen, or Shimon was born. He was born in 1904. Semen was a military man and a political leader. Prior to the war he was an officer, then he was sent to Western Ukraine when it was annexed. He has gone through the whole Second World War and after the war he served in the occupational troops in Germany for a long time. Mother's brother Semen (Shimon) Bezprozvanny spent all his life as a military. He died in 1974.

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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