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Testimony of Rafael Richard Auslender Tadmor, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in the Cernauti Ghetto, Obodovka, Bershad and Balti

Testimony

Testimony of Rafael Richard Auslender Tadmor, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in the Cernauti Ghetto, Obodovka, Bershad and Balti Life in Cernauti before the war. Deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; Cernauti Ghetto life; deportation to Obodovka with his parents; transfer to Bershad; life in Bershad including his father's death; life using a false German identity with the help of his German looks and German mother-tongue; escape to Balti; life in Balti; liberation, 1944. Return to Cernauti; education in Cluj; life in Iasi including joining the Hashomer Hatzair...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letter [undated] from Yaakov Ribiyev, born in Uzbekistan, 1919, a Red Army soldier serving in the Soviet Union and Germany, 1939-1947

File Number : 1091

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Russian

Letter by Moisey Presayzen, regarding the experiences of his brother Isaak Presayzen, a Red Army officer

Letter by Moisey Presayzen, regarding the experiences of his brother Isaak Presayzen, a Red Army officer Life of the Presayzen family in Proskurov, before the war. Service of Isaak Presayzen as a Red Army officer in the Soviet Air Force, as of 1936; attack by the burning aircraft under the command of Isaak Presayzen on a convoy of German tanks near Radoshkovichi, 27 June 1941.

File Number : 2822

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony

Language : Russian

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File Number : 2777

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony

Language : Russian

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

List of senior Red Army officers who served in Odessa District in November 1945

List of senior Red Army officers who served in Odessa District in November 1945. List of members of the command echelon (generals and officers) on the Odessa military district staff, including biographical information, stages of service, and data on citations for excellence and injuries sustained.

File Number : 194

Type of Material : List of Military Officers

Language : Russian

Testimony of Sofia (Grinblat) Shapira, born in Kiev, Ukraine, 1924, regarding her experiences as a Red Army soldier serving in aerial defense assignments in the northern Caucasus

Testimony

Testimony of Sofia (Grinblat) Shapira, born in Kiev, Ukraine, 1924, regarding her experiences as a Red Army soldier serving in aerial defense assignments in the northern Caucasus Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, 1941; escape from Kamenets Podolski to the northern Caucasus; enlists in the Red Army, April 1942; training for aerial defense duties with a group of 50 young women; participation in military activities; false accusation of stealing a meteorological instrument by an antisemitic commander; rescue from trial by a field court when the instrument is discovered in the accuser's...

File Number : 3767

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Mark Zhitnitzki, born in Mogilev, Belorussia, 1903, regarding his experiences in Mogilev, Minsk and in detention camps in the Soviet Union

Testimony

Testimony of Mark Zhitnitzki, born in Mogilev, Belorussia, 1903, regarding his experiences in Mogilev, Minsk and in detention camps in the Soviet Union Work as a painter; pogrom in Loyev, 1921. Entrusts his daughter to be fostered by a Belorussian woman named Glebko, during the German occupation of Minsk; Glebko betrays the witness' wife to the Germans; unsuccessful attempt by the witness to receive his daughter from Glebko; life in detention camps in the Soviet Union, on the charge of Zionist activities, 1936-1953.

File Number : 3760

Type of Material : Stories, Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Russian

Testimony of Szoszanna (Hecht) Feder, born in Kolomyja, Poland, 1911, regarding her experiences in the Kolomyja Ghetto, in hiding in Berezow and in a pit in a forest

Testimony

Testimony of Szoszanna (Hecht) Feder, born in Kolomyja, Poland, 1911, regarding her experiences in the Kolomyja Ghetto, in hiding in Berezow and in a pit in a forest Attitude of the Ukrainians towards the Jews before the German occupation. Arrest of her brother and three cousins by the Ukrainian police; their execution in the Szeparowce forest near Kolomyja; burning of the Great Synagogue, Hoshana Raba,12 October 1941; murder of hundreds of Jews in the Szeparowce forest; ghetto life including murder of members of the intelligentsia, the elderly, and children in an "Aktion", late 1941; "Aktions" during...

File Number : 3609

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Letter sent by Szymek Meller to Abraham Werner regarding the fate of Abraham Werner's family under the German Occupation in Sanok, Poland, written on January 9, 1946 in Brussels.

Letter sent by Szymek Meller to Abraham Werner regarding the fate of Abraham Werner's family under the German occupation in Sanok, Poland, written on January 9, 1946 in Brussels During the German occupation, Szymek Meller worked at the Gestapo in Sanok. He was an eyewitness when Abraham Werner's family (Otek with mother, father and Strasberg) was shot dead at a Jewish cemetery in Sanok. The nexecutioners were Kratzman and Miller.In 1943, when Szymek Meller was transported to Zaslaw to be shot over the dug grave, he killed the Germans with a prepared revolver. Kratzman and Bahnschuz were killed on the...

File Number : 249

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Polish

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