Betia Ostrovskaya

My sister Betia photographed in Kiev in 1947; she gave this photo to our brother Boris. During the war Betia was in evacuation with my father's mistress. She wanted my father to go with them, but my father refused and stayed in Kiev - he wanted to defend his hometown. Betia returned to Kiev from evacuation. She lived with my father's mistress. Betia didn't receive any education. She worked at a dry cleaner's shop. She married Michael Ostrovskiy, a Jewish man, and they had a daughter, Luba. Betia, her husband and their daughter Luba moved to New York, USA, in 1987.