My mother-in-law, Ada (right, with pencil) translating at the United
Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1946.
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Background: Just before she finished University in Kiev, Ada was
essentially drafted to serve as a translator/interpreter for Ukraine's
delegation to UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) at a
conference on postwar reconstruction. She thought she was going for a
couple of weeks. It turned out she was abroad for a year, and worked in
Geneva, Paris and New York. Once back in the USSR, she was not permitted
to travel abroad again until the family emigrated to the U.S. in 1979.
Scanned from an 18x24.5 cm print. Camera unknown. I've done a bit of curve
adjustment, burning in the flare at right, and repair of the worst spots
and scratches. Believe me, the irony of my retouching a Soviet photograph
is not lost on me :-)
--Peter
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