Photograph : Paper : Handwritten : Ink : B&W ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 12 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1933
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
B&W with white border. Full-face portrait of 2 men. Man on left is Zelik Bilich, he is approximately 35 years old, dressed in dark jacket and tie with white shirt. Man on right is Musi Bilich, he is in his teens and dressed similarly. Narrative: Photograph is of father (Zelik Bilich) and brother (Musi Bilich) of the donor, Olga Rabinovitz Bilich. Zelik was born circa 1900 and worked in a bank. He and his wife, Manya, were murdered by Ukrainian police in 1941. Musi was born circa 1921 in Liubar, Ukraine and attended university in Odessa. He was conscripted into the Red Army and killed in combat in 1944 near Ternopil (Tarnopol).