Rozalia Akselrod with her son Sasha Serikov

Rozalia Akselrod with her son Sasha Serikov

I, Rozalia Akselrod, with my son Sasha, who was born on 7, 1942, in evacuation. Here, Sasha is four years old. The photo was taken in Kharkov in 1946.

On 7th May 1942, I gave birth to a son, Sasha. Nikolay was given a cart at his work, on which he brought me to the hospital at three o’clock at night. There was no light, only a wick-lamp. The delivery was difficult, but my son was born healthy, weighing 4.2 kg. At the hospital I was nursing one more baby, whose mother had no milk.

After the liberation of Kiev, at the end of 1943, Nikolay was transferred to work in Kiev. My sister and their children went with him. In April 1944, Nikolay sent a special invitation for us to come to Kiev. This time, the four of us went on the train, including my two-year-old son. There were rare bombing raids on our way. 

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