Vera Burdenko's grandmother Welikomirskaya

This is my grandmother on my mother's side, Welikomirskaya. This photo was taken in Kiev in the 1910s. I don't know my grandmother's first and maiden name. I know very little about my grandparents on my mother's side. They died before I was born. I guess, they died in the early 1920s. The Welkomirskiy family wasn't religious. At least, I can't remember my mother ever telling me about any religious traditions in their family. My mother was their only daughter. Her parents weren't rich but she received a good education.

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.

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