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Polina Shein
This is my sister Polina Shein (nee Rapoport). The picture was taken in Tallinn in 1932. My elder sister Polina was born in 1912. Having finished lyceum my elder sister Polina got married to a Jew called Leib Shein, from the Estonian town of Valga, bordering on Latvia. Leib was born in 1903. Of course, they had a traditional Jewish wedding. After getting married my sister and her husband moved to Valga. In 1936 their son Solomon was born. Leib was an entrepreneur and Polina was a housewife and raised her son.

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