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"The Doctor"
Drapkin was born in Drapkin was born in
Kharkiv, Ukraine. When Kharkiv, Ukraine. When
the city fell to Nazi the city fell to Nazi
forces during World forces during World
War II, many Jewish cit- War II, many Jewish cit-
izens were taken away, izens were taken away,
including the artist's including the artist's
twin uncles. "Their twin uncles. "Their
mother never saw them mother never saw them
again," he says. One was again," he says. One was
a medical student a medical student
before the occupation. before the occupation.
"I'm sure that if he "I'm sure that if he
were alive, as a medical were alive, as a medical
person, he would have person, he would have
been helping people." been helping people."
