Lev Grigoryevich Chervinsky [right] and two unidentified soldiers, October 1943

Photo sent home by Lev Grigoryevich Chervinsky, a Jewish soldier in the Red Army, to his wife and sons, October 1943. Inscribed on back: "To my dear and most loved ones Runichka [wife], Garichik, and Borichk [sons]. In the days of the Great Patriotic War [WWII], from papa Leva. October 1943. Photographed with my best war friends [...]."Digital imageJulie ChervinskyExhibited: "Letters from the Front: Jewish War Heroes," organized by the Center for Jewish History and the Blavatnik Family Foundation, 2005Part of an online exhibition "Letters from the Front: Jewish War Heroes," maintained by the Center for Jewish History at http://www.lettersfront.org