Anna Polshchikova with her son Viktor

Anna Polshchikova with her son Viktor. Anna was deported to Auschwitz on 22 February 1944 (number 75560), there, on 15 October 1944, she gave birth to her son. Shortly after liberation, they reached Kraków, where they were passed through an assembly-stage point. On account of her child, Anna was not drafted into a reserve regiment, as was the case with other female former prisoners who were citizens of the Soviet Union. After a month’s stay in Kraków, they returned to Yalta. Photograph taken shortly after liberation. Source: APMA-B