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My father, David Liberman, got a law degree from Kiev University. Before the October Revolution he worked as an assistant attorney (I think Jews were not allowed to become full-fledged attorneys at that time). After the Revolution, he was a member of the Kiev Bar and worked as a legal consultant in Soviet municipal establishments and consulted private enterprises [this could be so only in 1920s-beginning of 1930s, because later all private business was closed down and then, soon after the war, eliminated].
My father’s main place of work was the Ukrainian Red Cross organization. He was a legal consultant to the central committee of this public organization. The Red Cross had branches at every enterprise and every school. Newspapers wrote a lot about the charity activities of the International Red Cross organization, and because of this I always considered my father’s job significant. [In reality, the Soviet authorities used this organization as a good screen in front of the international public].
My father’s main place of work was the Ukrainian Red Cross organization. He was a legal consultant to the central committee of this public organization. The Red Cross had branches at every enterprise and every school. Newspapers wrote a lot about the charity activities of the International Red Cross organization, and because of this I always considered my father’s job significant. [In reality, the Soviet authorities used this organization as a good screen in front of the international public].
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Alfred Liberman