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Testimony of Mikhail Minkovicz, born in Polotsk, Belarus, 1927, regarding his experiences in Polotsk, Borovukha, Osveya, Svolno and the region

Testimony

Testimony of Mikhail Minkovicz, born in Polotsk, Belarus, 1927, regarding his experiences in Polotsk, Borovukha, Osveya, Svolno and the region Testimony of a tradition-keeping family in Polotsk; his parents work in a wine factory; his father's visits to a synagogue; studies in a Russian elementary school; closure of a Jewish school in the city, 1938. The outbreak of war, June 1941; the bombings; family escape to Sukhoy Bor; German occupation of the area; back to Polotsk; arrest of his brother by German soldiers and his murder with other Jews in the Borovukha area; establishment of a ghetto in the city;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

To be translated

File Number : 2238

Language : Yiddish

Identification cards of Bronislawa Kowalczyk and Mina Kieselstein (Michalina Lasowska) from the years 1942-1943 and a letter confirming that Michalina Lasowska served in a partisan unit

Identification cards of Bronislawa Kowalczyk and Mina Kieselstein (Michalina Lasowska) from the years 1942-1943 and a letter confirming that Michalina Lasowska served in a partisan unit - Identification card and work card of Bronislawa Kowalczyk, born 24/05/1925, in Malkinia, Poland, issued in Warsaw by the German authorities in 1943; - Identification card of Michalina Lasowska, born 25/03/1916 in Bialystok, issued in Bialystok by the German authorities on October 10, 1942; - Letter dated September 12, 1944 confirming that Michalina Lasowska (Mina Kieselstein) served as a liaison in an anti-fascist partisan...

File Number : 613

Type of Material : Personal Documents, List of Names

Language : Russian, German

Personal documentation regarding Fanna Solomian, the daughter of Moisei/Michail, regarding her service in partisans units

Personal documentation regarding Fanna Solomian, the daughter of Moisei/Michail, regarding her service in partisans units Personal documentation regarding the service of Fanna Solomian in Polish and Soviet partisans units, as a nurse and physician, including a sick note dated 31/05/1944, and confirmation of a referral to Sochi for two months for the purpose of receiving treatment there, dated, 22/08/1944; In the file there is also a confirmation regarding the awarding of the rank of officer to Fanna Solomian on 03/05/1945 for her service in the ranks of the partisans and confirmation of her wearing an...

File Number : 559

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Certification

Language : Polish, Russian

Personal testimony of Liza Czapnik (Marysia Mrozowska), born in 1922 Grodno, Poland

Personal testimony of Liza Czapnik (Marysia Mrozowska), born 1922; the file contains a certificate affirming her service as head of the anti-fascist partisan committee in Bialystok, issued on July 30, 1944; information about the cipher used by the partisans of her unit and drawings with information about the German garrison given by Liza Czapnik to the partisans; press clippings about the activities of Liza Czapnik and the head of the partisan group, Mikolaj Wojciechowski, from June 29, 1968.

File Number : 331

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Russian

Lists of partisans who operated in Ukraine and members of partisan movement general staff in Ukraine, 1944

Lists of partisans who operated in Ukraine and members of partisan movement general staff in Ukraine, 1944 - Orders from USHPD (Ukrainsky Shtab Partizanskogo Dvizheniya, Ukrainian headquarters of the partisan movement), January–March 1944, concerning: - transfer of partisans, including Jewish men and women and, particularly, director of pharmacy with the Fiodorov Division, Z.A. Yoselevich; director of the medical unit of Shchors partisan battalion, in Ivanov Khotinu Division, Z.L. commander of Dzerzhinsky Partisan Battalion, Likhtrnshtin Division, A.S. Fyodorov, to their places of residence, to the...

File Number : 391

Type of Material : List of Partisans, Names, Official Documentation

Language : Russian

Testimony

Joint testimony of Avraham Veinberg, born in Lodz, Poland, 1916 and Chana (Liberman) Veinberg, born in Lodz, Poland, 1915, regarding their experiences in the Swierzen Nowy Ghetto and with Belorussian partisans Deportation to the Swierzen Nowy Ghetto, 1939; ghetto life; escape to forests in the Minsk area, late 1941; life with various Belorussian partisan battalions; liberation; draft to the Polish Army. Aliya to Eretz Israel with help from Bericha, 1946.

File Number : 8123

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Jacov Puchinski, born in Minsk, Belorussia, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Minsk Ghetto, with partisans in Belorussia and in a Jewish partisan unit commanded by Shalom Zorin

Testimony

Testimony of Jacov Puchinski, born in Minsk, Belorussia, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Minsk Ghetto, with partisans in Belorussia and in a Jewish partisan unit commanded by Shalom Zorin Life in Minsk, 1941-1943; rescue from death; escape from the Minsk Ghetto; life with partisans in Belorussia; expulsion from the partisan unit due to being Jewish; return to the Minsk Ghetto; escape and joins a Jewish partisan unit under the command of Shalom Zorin in the forests.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Shabtai Astrov, born in Miory, Poland, 1900, regarding his experiences in Miory, Druja and with the Belorussian partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Shabtai Astrov, born in Miory, Poland, 1900, regarding his experiences in Miory, Druja and with the Belorussian partisans German occupation; riots by the local residents against the Jews; murder of Rabbi Dov Poanka; decrees and payment of forced contributions by the Jews; escape during an Aktion to Druja; "Aktion"; escape; joins a Belorussian partisan unit; attitude of the partisans and Sazikin, their leader, towards the Jewish partisans; activities against the Germans.

File Number : 731

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

To be translated

File Number : 2448

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

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