Raisa's Journey

Kyiv → Kraków → Ansbach → Würzburg → Schönaich → Hannover

Locations

Schönaich / Altenschönbach

A small village in Franconia (Unterfranken), Bavaria. 46 km south of Würzburg, near Gerolzhofen and Wiesentheid. Raisa's postal address: Post Altenschönbach, Mainfranken, über Wiesentheid.

She described it as a village in forest, with one road, mud everywhere. The farmer Walter kept 17 cows, horses (Pani and Ladi), chickens, geese, and rabbits.

Hannover — Podbielskistraße 100

From September 1943, Raisa was transferred to factory work in Hannover. Shift-based industrial labor. She befriended Vera and Mira there.

Kyiv Addresses

• Совська (Sowskaja) 56 / Юрівська 56 — primary family address
• Ярославська 5б, Sector VII — later address
• Голосеєвська 15 — friend Nata Lepkova
• Совська 58 — friend Mascha Kodii