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Letter of testimony of Borukh Kuperberg, born in Litin, Ukraine, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Litin Ghetto and in hiding

Letter of testimony of Borukh Kuperberg, born in Litin, Ukraine, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Litin Ghetto and in hiding Life in Litin at the time of the German occupation, 19 July 1941; escape attempts; escape back to Litin; abuse of Jews during the early days of the occupation; murder of Jewish men, late August 1941; mass murder of Jews in the area of the military base, 19 December 1941; establishment of the ghetto for those with vocations and their families; murder of the members of the families of those with vocations (the Children's "Aktion"), July 1942; life in hiding; liquidation of the ghetto and murder of the Jews, August-September 1943; escape from the killing site and finding a hiding place in the vegetable garden belonging to the Borisyuk and Tarasyuk families; rescue by the members of the Borisyuk and Tarasyuk families. Also in the file: - Confirmation of the existence of the Litin Ghetto from the KGB, dated 1991.
item Id
3729002
Type of material
Certification
Letter of testimony
File Number
3323
Language
Russian
Record Group
O.33 - Testimonies, Diaries and Memoirs Collection
Date of Creation - earliest
29/11/1992
Date of Creation - latest
29/11/1992
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
14
Connected to Item
O.33- Testimonies, diaries and memoirs from the Holocaust period and regarding the Holocaust
Form of Testimony
Written testimony
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection