19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Memories

Lyubov Mykolayivna, 87 y.o., holds a portrait of herself at the age of 23. She and her family were abducted to Germany for forced labour during the occupation of Kyiv in World War II. After the end of the war, she was forced to hide her past to be able to get an education and had work until the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Photo Detail
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Ukraine
Camera: NIKON D850
Copyright: © Oleksandr Rupeta