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On May 9 (Victory Day), 1947 I gave birth to my son. Alexander Drapkin was born strong and good. We arranged a Bar Mitzvah for my son at the urgent request of my mother-in-law. This photograph was taken in Leningrad in 1949, when Alexander was 2 years old.

More Photos from Elena Drapkina

Elena Drapkina's parents (Minsk 1920)
      Elena Drapkina, her husband Wolf, and her son Alexander (Leningrad 1949)
          Elena Drapkina’s friend
              Elena Drapkina among students (Leningrad 1948)
                  Elena Drapkina at her dentist's office (Leningrad 1973)
                      Elena Drapkina (Minsk 1945)
                          Alexander Drapkin (Moscow 1965)
                              Elena Drapkina's second husband (Leningrad 1960s)