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Letters and postcards sent by Avraam Avrutis, a Red Army soldier, to his parents in Moscow, 1941-1944

Letters and postcards sent by Avraam Avrutis, a Red Army soldier, to his parents in Moscow, 1941-1944 Confirmation of his draft to the Red Army, 20 October 1941; the submitter's testimony on Avrutis; Avrutis is wounded; POW in German captivity; remains alive due to him pretending he is Armenian; release by the Red Army; transfer to a punishment battalion; combat on the Leningrad front; killed in action, 24 June 1944; buried in Dulovka in the Pskov area; the last letter written by Av...
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item Id
9193634
Type of material
Letter
Personal documents
Postcard
File Number
1742
Language
Russian
Record Group
O.75 - Letters and Postcards Collection
Date of Creation - earliest
28/11/1941
Date of Creation - latest
20/07/1944
Name of Submitter
Polina Avrutis
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
37
Connected to Item
O.75: Letters and postcards from the Holocaust period or regarding the Holocaust
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection