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Memoirs of Naum Rabinovich regarding his experiences as a pilot in the Soviet Air Force, 1944-1945, and his father's experiences in Zaporozhye and Ural, 1941

Memoirs of Naum Rabinovich regarding his experiences as a pilot in the Soviet Air Force, 1944-1945, and his father's experiences in Zaporozhye and Ural, 1941 Naum's service on the front as a Soviet Air Force pilot, 1944-1945; Naum Rabinovich's father's escape from Zaporozhye to Ural, 1941; murder of Naum's grandfather, Mark Rabinovich, at his home in Ingulets in a fire, 1941; clippings from American newspapers regarding the ban imposed on leaving the Soviet Union for Israel by the decorated pilot, Naum Rabinovich, 1987; Naum's request from the Soviet authorities to permit his aliya to Eretz Israel.

File Number : 8203

Type of Material : Memoirs, Newspaper Clippings

Language : English, Russian

Article in the "Nash Jerusalem", 17 June 2009, with a list of Jews who were senior Red Army commanders, 1941-1945, including an article in the "Reportal" newspaper with memoirs regarding Red Army soldier Bentzion Fialkov, 24 June 2009 - Article in the "Nash Jerusalem" newspaper, with a list of Jews who were senior Red Army commanders during the war, including statistical data regarding the ratio of Jews in the Red Army command, published, 17 June 2009; - Article in the "Nash Jerusalem" newspaper, with memoirs regarding Red Army soldier Bentzion Fialkov, written by his widow and published, 24 June 2009.

File Number : 354

Type of Material : List of Jewish Soldiers

Language : Russian

Documentation regarding Michael Vayner including letters he wrote from the front, photographs, notification of his death in battle and more

Documentation regarding Michael Vayner including letters he wrote from the front, photographs, notification of his death in battle and more - Letters from Michael Vayner at the front; - Photograph of Michael Vayner; - Photograph of the tombstone on Michael Vayner's grave; - Notification of the death of Michael Vayner in battle, 22 June 1945; - Certificate from the military archives; - Newspaper clippings from the war period regarding Michael Vayner's heroic deeds and the Medal of Valor awarded him; - Newspaper clippings regarding Michael Vayner, 1989-2005.

File Number : 1430

Type of Material : Letter, Newspaper Clippings

Language : Russian

Album in memory of Jews killed in action defending Bulgaria, 1912-1918

File Number : 312

Type of Material : Album

Language : Bulgarian, Ladino / Solitreo, Hebrew

Song by an unknown author, "Partisan Song", sung in the Vilna Ghetto, 1942, about a female partisan who succeeded in halting the Nazi ammunition supply

Song by an unknown author, "Partisan Song", sung in the Vilna Ghetto, 1942, about a female partisan who succeeded in halting the Nazi ammunition supply The song was translated from Russian by Opeskin in the Vilna Ghetto; the song was dedicated to the female partisan who performed a heroic act and returned safely to the base; with one shot, she halted an enemy truck transporting ammunition.

File Number : 339

Type of Material : Poem/song

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Edward Leinsieder, born in Krakow, Poland, 1927, regarding an act of heroism by Majer Krebs in the Przemysl Ghetto, April 1943

Testimony of Edward Leinsieder, born in Krakow, Poland, 1927, regarding an act of heroism by Majer Krebs in the Przemysl Ghetto, April 1943 Arrival of Reisner, a Gestapo official, to a home in the Przemysl Ghetto, April 1943; Majer Krebs stabs Reisner after Reisner points his gun at him; Reisner is wounded; escape of Krebs and his two friends present at the scene; manhunt conducted by the Gestapo for the escapees; 50 hostages are taken; capture of the three escapees and their execution in a public hanging; murder of 25 of the hostages who had been detained.

File Number : 409

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Abram-Berl Sokol, born in Wysokie Mazowieckie, Poland, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau

Testimony of Abram-Berl Sokol, born in Wysokie Mazowieckie, Poland, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau Murder of Jews by a shot in the back of their necks art the entrance to the gas chambers in Birkenau, 1944; burning of the murder victims' bodies; murder of Karl, the Kapo, by Jewish inmates from Wysokie Mazowieckie as revenge for his abuse [of inmates], Sukkot (early October) 1944; arrival in Auschwitz of rich Jews from Warsaw in anticipation of their being transferred abroad, autumn 1944; snatching of a gun from a German by a woman at the crematorium [should be: at the gas chamber]; shooting...

File Number : 382

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Report by Dr. Szymon Datner regarding the fate of Sasza, the partisan from Noworosyjsk

Report by Dr. Szymon Datner regarding the fate of Sasza, the partisan from Noworosyjsk Sasza's military service in the Red Army; Sasza is taken captive by the Germans in the Bialystok area; Sasza is sentenced to death by the Germans; Sasza's escape to the forests in the Suprasl area; help to Sasza from Polish farmers; Sasza joins the partisans; Sasza fights as a partisan including passing on information regarding German troop movements and participation in the demolition of 12 trains of Germans; Sasza assumes command of the Kirov battalion in the Rozansk area; Sasza falls in battle against the Germans.

File Number : 343

Type of Material : Survey

Language : Polish

Report by Dr. Szymon Datner regarding the experiences of Jews from the Bialystok Ghetto

Report by Dr. Szymon Datner regarding the experiences of Jews from the Bialystok Ghetto Fighting by Frida Rybalowska, 18, against the Germans during the Bialystok Ghetto Uprising, 16 August 1943; opposition of Avraham Limon to the Judenrat decision to cooperate with the Germans and deport approximately 6,000 Jews from the ghetto; names of members of the ghetto firefighters' unit; activities of Marek Szlenger, executive secretary of the Comsomol under the leadership of Judyta Nowodrodzka, against the Germans.

File Number : 342

Type of Material : Survey

Language : Polish

Report by Dr. Szymon Datner regarding the fate of the Jews in the Bialystok Ghetto

Report by Dr. Szymon Datner regarding the fate of the Jews in the Bialystok Ghetto Names of German soldiers who were killed fighting at the Front; setting fire to a cotton wool factory by a woman named Zieleniecka; orders from the Germans to turn in equipment to them, including furs and sports shoes; establishment of the Hilfspolizei (Auxiliary Police) after the occupation of Bialystok by the German Army; life of the Jews in hiding after the liquidation of the ghetto, 16 August-15 September 1943; hunt for Jews ("The Sunday"), 17 July 1941; death of Gedalke Kurcgorn, a member of the "Judity" underground,...

File Number : 340

Type of Material : Survey

Language : Polish

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