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Testimony of Beniamin Gertzik, born in Karsava, Latvia, 1904, regarding his experiences in a kolkhoz in Kuibyshev, Lepintsovo and as a Latvian Brigade soldier on the Staraya Russa front
Testimony of Beniamin Gertzik, born in Karsava, Latvia, 1904, regarding his experiences in a kolkhoz in Kuibyshev, Lepintsovo and as a Latvian Brigade soldier on the Staraya Russa front
Military service in the Latvian Army.
Outbreak of war between Germany and the Soviet Union, June 1941; escape to the East; life on a kolkhoz in the Kuibyshev vicinity; drafted into the Latvian Brigade; release; deportation to Lepintsovo in the Urals; camp life; enlists in the Latvian Bri...
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item Id
3556010
First Name
Beniamin
Benjamin
Last Name
Gertzik
Date of Birth
1904
Place of Birth
Karsava, Latvia
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
1847
Language
Russian
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
09/1961
Date of Creation - latest
09/1961
Name of Submitter
GERTZIK, BENIAMIN
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
21
Archival Signature
ג-1722/129
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection