Letter of testimony of Pyotr Niyazov, born in Kokand, Uzbekistan, 1920, regarding his experiences as a Red Army soldier, as a captive in the Kobrin Region, in the Majdanek and Potanovo camps, as a partisan, and more

Letter of testimony of Pyotr Niyazov, born in Kokand, Uzbekistan, 1920, regarding his experiences as a Red Army soldier, as a captive in the Kobrin Region, in the Majdanek and Potanovo camps, as a partisan, and more Life as a Red Army soldier; taken captive in the Kobrin area, 29 June 1941; life in the Domich, Potanovo, Majdanek, and Demblin camps using a false identity; service in the Wehrmacht Infanterie-Division (German Army Infantry Division), early 1944; escape to the partisans, early 1944; service in a partisan unit near Odessa until 10 April 1944; sentenced to eight years imprisonment following a court martial; request for amnesty; return to the front, and service in the Red Army from August 1944; participation in the battle for Berlin.