Tag #151011 - Interview #78412 (Frieda Portnaya)

In 1932 my father’s cousin Wolf came to Kiev illegally. We called him Volodia. In 1937 my father’s other brother came from Poland. He crossed the border with his two daughters. It was a surprise for us when he came. He only stayed a few days, then the police came for him and his children and sent him to the North. My father never found out what had happened to them. Later another cousin, David, came. My father knew that he shouldn’t stay in Kiev and took him to the town of Belaya Tserkov. His cousin lived there until the beginning of the war. He visited us every Saturday, and my mother did his laundry and cooked delicious food. She felt very sorry for him.