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Memoirs of Simcha Itzkovitz, born in Mir, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Mir Ghetto, in hiding in the forest and as a partisan

Memoirs of Simcha Itzkovitz, born in Mir, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Mir Ghetto, in hiding in the forest and as a partisan Life in the Mir Ghetto; deportation and murder of his mother in an "Aktion", 09 November 1941; escape with his three siblings with help from Oswald Rufeisen, a member of the ghetto underground, August 1942; life in hiding in the forest; joins the Lidski partisan battalion, May 1943; transfer to the Bielski partisan battalion; work in an explosives workshop; use of German bombs and shells; return to Mir, 1944; transfer by the Red Army to study vehicle mechanics in...

File Number : 8045

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Daniel Ostashinski, born in Nowogrodek, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Nowogrodek Ghetto and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Daniel Ostashinski, born in Nowogrodek, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Nowogrodek Ghetto and with the partisans Jewish community and institutions in Nowogrodek; studies; membership in the Beitar youth movement, where they speak Hebrew; relations with the other Zionist youth movements active in Nowogrodek; relations with the local population. Soviet rule; continuation of Zionist activities in an underground manner; German occupation; attempts to escape from Nowogrodek; anti-Jewish decrees; establishment of the Judenrat; organizing resistance groups; obtains weapons; makes...

File Number : 6841

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Confirmation by the K.G.B., regarding the trial and execution of collaborators who served as gendarmes in Mozyr during the Nazi occupation and who participated in the murder of 34 Soviet civilians

Confirmation by the K.G.B., regarding the trial and execution of collaborators who served as gendarmes in Mozyr during the Nazi occupation and who participated in the murder of 34 Soviet civilians - Confirmation by the K.G.B. (State Security Commission) in Gomel, 03/12/1990, regarding the trial and execution in 1975 of collaborators Andrey Padalinskiy and Nikolay Glushetz, who served as gendarmes in Mozyr during the Nazi occupation, and who participated in the murder of 34 Soviet civilians on 06/01/1942, including F. Kaminskiy and Kh. Uretzkiy; Comments by the submitter of the material (Maria...

File Number : 430

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Russian