Testimony of Aharon Mendelewicz, born in Vilna, Poland, 1907, regarding his experiences as a Red Army soldier in Leningrad, Caucasus, Ukraine, Romania, Hungary and Austria
Life before the war; move to Mejszagola; move to Moscow, 1934; work on a newspaper editorial staff and publishing books; arrest of Jewish writers by the Soviet authorities, 1937; work as a lawyer working for the release of the detainees.
Outbreak of the war, 1939; German occupation, 1941; drafted into the Red Army, August 1941; displays of antisemitism at officers' training school; combat in Leningrad as a platoon commander; combat in...