Minna Birman’s husband Revmir Cherniak with his sister Mariana Aihenvald

Minna Birman’s husband Revmir Cherniak with his sister Mariana Aihenvald

This is my husband Revmir Cherniak with his sister Mariana Aihenvald. This photo was taken in Moscow in 1940, when he being a military school came to visit her on vacations.

Through this whole period when my father was arrested my classmate Revmir Cherniak gave me moral support. He was my future husband.  He often came to my home and helped me with everything. Revmir was born in Odessa in 1923. His parents Isaac and Torah Cherniak came from Lithuania. They were also involved in the revolutionary movement. His father was sent in exile in Arkhangelsk region before 1905 and his wife followed him there. Later they moved to Odessa. They were tailors. Revmir had two brothers: Israel and Mikhail and sister Mariana Aihenvald in her marriage.  They were much older than Revmir. Mikhail, their youngest, was born in 1910. Revmir finished school in 1940 and entered a military school in Leningrad. I corresponded with him.

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