Leningrad — Mimi Wegner and Leo Weiden

Mimi Wegner and her husband Leo Weiden, both active socialists, left Vienna for Leningrad around 1931 or early 1932. Their son Peter Wegner was born in Leningrad on 20 August 1932. Leo Weiden was arrested in a Stalinist purge in autumn 1937 and shot on 24 November 1937 after a summary trial on false charges. Mimi returned with Peter to Vienna in January 1938.

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