Khenkin Evgeniy Alexandrovich
1. Article “Demonstration of ‘singing hands’ in Amsterdam” with a photograph by E.A. Henkin (on the right), published in the newspaper “De Sumatra Post” (Indonesia, Medan) on 14.02.1929; in Dutch. (1 page, electronic copy)
2. Program of the concert “Ethereal Music” at the Renaissance Theater with the participation of E.A. Henkin, Berlin, [03/29/1927 or 03/29/1935]. (1 p., electronic copy)
3. Conclusion of the Leningrad Military District Military Prosecutor dated August 31, 1989 on the rehabilitation of E.A. Khenkin (2 pages, electronic copy)
4. Letter from an employee of the Berlin State Archives (response to a request from March 28, 2013) to Ms. Fix regarding the lack of information about E. Henkin (1 page, electronic copy)
5. Extract from the house register on the registration of E.A. Henkin at the address: Leningrad, Zhukovsky St., Building 32, Apt. 22, from September 12, 1937, deregistered on November 21, 1937 due to arrest by the NKVD, issued by the Housing Agency of the Central District of St. Petersburg on May 30, 2013. (1 page, electronic copy)
6. Letter from the Central State Archive of Literature and Art of St. Petersburg No. 254 dated June 21, 2013 (response to request No. 175 dated May 27, 2013) to Maslova Valter O.V. regarding the lack of information about the artist of Lengoestady Henkin E.A. (1 page, electronic copy)
7. Letter from an employee of the archives of the Berlin Technical University to Mr. Baab from 2015 about the admission of E.A. Henkin in 1926 to the faculty of naval engineering of the Higher Technical School in Charlottenburg and his expulsion in 1930 (1 page, electronic copy)
8. Letter from the Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation of the Historical and Documentary Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia No. 12866/idd dated November 30, 2017 to O.V. Shcherbinina on the presence in the registration book of USSR citizens living in Germany, entry No. 2860 dated March 30, 1927, about the student E.A. Henkin (2 pages, electronic copy)
9. Article by the Last Address initiative group in St. Petersburg about E.A. Henkin, who was shot in 1938, and about the installation of a memorial plaque on the house where he lived as part of the Last Address project, October 16, 2020. (3 pages, text file)
Photographs provided by the Henkin Brothers Archive Association
10. Photograph of A. Ya. Henkin with his wife A. I. Henkina and children: Yakov (left), Sophia and Evgeny (right), Rostov-on-Don, circa 1908-1910 (1 p., electronic copy)
11. Photograph of the Henkin brothers Evgeniy and Yakov, Rostov-on-Don, ca. 1910-1915 (1 sheet, electronic copy)
12. Photograph of E.A. Henkin (1 page, electronic copy)
13. Photograph of E.A. Henkin, self-portrait in a mirror. (1 p., electronic copy)
14. Photograph of E.A. Henkin (1 page, electronic copy)
15. Photograph of E.A. Henkin playing the trombone on the street of a German city. (1 p., electronic copy)
16. Photograph of E.A. Henkin taking photographs on the street of a German city. (1 p., electronic copy)
17. Photograph of E.A. Henkin (left) at a rehearsal with fellow musicians. (1 page, electronic copy)
18. Photograph of E.A. Henkin (1 page, electronic copy)
Names (1)
Khenkin Evgeniy Alexandrovich
Musician and photographer. In 2017, the State Hermitage Museum hosted the first exhibition of photographs by the Henkin brothers.
Born in 1900 in Rostov-on-Don; Jewish; no name. Graduated from high school in 1917, expelled from the Don Polytechnic Institute in Novocherkassk in 1924. In November 1925, he left for Germany and entered the naval engineering department of the Charlottenburg Higher Technical School. He was expelled in 1930. He gave concerts in many cities in Germany and Europe, played the theremin, trombone, and cello. He took a lot of photographs. In 1936, he returned to the USSR. He worked as a musician at the Lengoestrada. Lived in Leningrad, Zhukovsky Street, Building 31, Apt. 22. He was arrested on November 18, 1937. He was sentenced on December 26, 1937, by the Commission of the NKVD and the Prosecutor of the USSR under Art. 58-6 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR to capital punishment. He was executed on January 3, 1938, in Leningrad. He was rehabilitated in 1989.
On October 16, 2020, a personal memorial sign was installed at 31 Zhukovsky Street in St. Petersburg in memory of A.A. Henkin as part of the "Last Address" project.
Documents (14)
1. The article “Demonstration of ‘singing hands’ in Amsterdam” with a photograph by E.A. Henkin (on the right), published in the newspaper “De Sumatra Post” (Indonesia, Medan) on 14.02.1929; in Dutch.
Photo caption: Een demonstrationtie van de zingende handen te Amsterdam.
– In hotel Victoria werd voor een aantal genoodigden door Prof. Theremin een demonstratie gegeven van het samenspel van “aehtermuziek” met een piano.
– Links en rechts zijn leerlingen K. Tscharikoff en E. Henkin e naan den vleugel Prof. Lewin.
Translation: Demonstration of "singing hands" in Amsterdam.
At the Victoria Hotel, Professor Theremin gave a demonstration of the interaction of "ethereal music" with the piano for a number of invited guests.
On the left and right are his students K. Charikoff and E. Henkin, and at the piano is Professor Levin.
2. Program of the concert “Ethereal Music” at the Renaissance Theatre with the participation of E.A. Henkin, Berlin, [03/29/1927 or 03/29/1935].
3. Conclusion of the Leningrad Military District Military Prosecutor dated August 31, 1989 on the rehabilitation of E.A. Khenkin.
5. Extract from the house register on the registration of E.A. Henkin at the address: Leningrad, Zhukovsky St., Building 32, Apt. 22, from September 12, 1937, deregistered on November 21, 1937, due to arrest by the NKVD, issued by the Housing Agency of the Central District of St. Petersburg on May 30, 2013.
9. An article by the Last Address initiative group in St. Petersburg about E.A. Khenkin, who was executed in 1938, and about the installation of a memorial plaque on the house where he lived as part of the Last Address project, October 16, 2020. (attached file)
10. Photograph of A. Ya. Henkin with his wife A. I. Henkina and children: Yakov (left), Sophia and Evgeny (right), Rostov-on-Don, circa 1908-1910.
11. Photograph of the Henkin brothers Evgeny and Yakov, Rostov-on-Don, circa 1910–1915.
15. Photograph of E.A. Henkin playing the trombone on the street of a German city.
16. Photograph of E.A. Henkin taking pictures on the street of a German city.
17. Photograph of E.A. Henkin (left) at a rehearsal with fellow musicians.
