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Testimony of Lin Sara (Smushkovitz) Gurevics, born in Rezekne, Lithuania, 1919, regarding her experiences in Riga and Cheboksary

Testimony of Lin Sara (Smushkovitz) Gurevics, born in Rezekne, Latvia, 1919, regarding her experiences in Riga and Cheboksary From a religious Zionist family; move to Riga; marriage. Soviet occupation, 1940; German occupation, summer 1941; escape to the Soviet Union; life in a kolkhoz; transfer to Cheboksary; life in Cheboksary including work in an ammunitions factory; drafting of her husband into the Red Army; transfer to work at a sawmill; work in a restaurant and a weapons factory; end of the war. Return to Riga; life under the Communist regime; aliya to Israel, 1966.
item Id
7047770
First Name
Lin
Lit
Sara
Last Name
Gorbitz
Gurevics
Smushkovitz
Maiden Name
Shmushkovitz
Date of Birth
1919
Place of Birth
Rēzekne, Latvia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
19/06/08
Date of Creation - latest
19/06/08
Name of Submitter
Gurevics Sara
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio