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Testimony of Jakow Chefec, born in Dwinsk, Latvia, 1921, regarding his experiences during wanderings in the Soviet Union as a refugee and as a Red Army soldier
Testimony of Jakow Chefec, born in Dwinsk, Latvia, 1921, regarding his experiences during wanderings in the Soviet Union as a refugee and as a Red Army soldier
Life before the war.
German occupation, June 1941; escape to the Soviet Union; wanderings; life as a refugee; drafted into the Red Army; military service in the Latvian Division, 1942; liberation.
Aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.
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item Id
3739955
First Name
Jakow
Yaakov
Last Name
Chefec
Khefetz
Date of Birth
22/02/1921
Place of Birth
Dwinsk, Latvia
Type of material
Survey
Testimony
File Number
2601
Language
Yiddish
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
12/1961
Date of Creation - latest
12/1961
Name of Submitter
CHEFEC, JAKOW
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
17
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Archival Signature
ח-1751/12
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Written testimony
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection