Levitina-Dombrovskai︠a︡, Genrietta Davydovna, 1903-1961

Genrietta Davydovna Levitina-Dombrovskai︠a︡ was a secretary in the Leningrad children's book publisher and a friend of Dmitriĭ Shostakovich.

From the description of Genrietta Levitina-Dombrovskai︠a︡ papers concerning Dmitriĭ Shostakovich, 1934-1973 (inclusive), 1946-1960 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 723481325

Genrietta Davydovna Levitina-Dombrovskaia, 1903-1961 [Генриетта Давыдовна Левитина-Домбровская] worked as a secretary in the Russian children's book department of the Leningrad State Publisher (GIZ) where she formed close friendships with many writers and poets. She was married to Viacheslav Romual'dovich Dombrovskii, (Вячеслав Ромуальдович Домбровский), a member of the OGPU, State Political Directorate. In 1937 Dombrovskii was arrested and shortly thereafter executed as an "enemy of the people." He was rehabilitated in 1956. Genrietta Levitina-Dombrovskaia was arrested in the same year and spend several years in the labor camp in Kazakhstan. She was released in 1945, but was not permitted to return to Leningrad until 1955.

Viacheslav Dombrovskii knew the composer Dmitrii Shostakovich through his family; upon Dombrovskii's marriage, Shostakovich became a friend of the Dombrovskii family.

From the guide to the Genrietta Levitina-Dombrovskaia papers concerning Dmitrii Shostakovich, 1934-1973 (inclusive), 1946-1960 (bulk)., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)