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Testimony of Jakow Chefec, born in Dwinsk, Latvia, 1921, regarding his experiences during wanderings in the Soviet Union as a refugee and as a Red Army soldier

Testimony

Testimony of Jakow Chefec, born in Dwinsk, Latvia, 1921, regarding his experiences during wanderings in the Soviet Union as a refugee and as a Red Army soldier Life before the war. German occupation, June 1941; escape to the Soviet Union; wanderings; life as a refugee; drafted into the Red Army; military service in the Latvian Division, 1942; liberation. Aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.

File Number : 2601

Type of Material : Survey, Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Ernest Jacobs, born in Riga, Latvia, 1928, regarding his experiences as a German in service in the SS

Testimony

Testimony of Ernest Jacobs, born in Riga, Latvia, 1928, regarding his experiences as a German in service in the SS German occupation of Riga, early July 1941; disappearance of his father; confiscation of the family's property; Klaus Barbie occupies their apartment; witness receives German documents with the help of his German mother's contacts; help to his family with food; life using a German identity; draft into the 15th battalion of the Latvian Division of the SS, April 1944; fear of discovery of his Jewish identity; rumors concerning the fate of the Jews in camps; studies in Viwdava and Zasserlocks in...

File Number : 7242

Type of Material : Identity Card, Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Nachum Kleinstein, born in Daugavpils, Latvia, 1921, regarding his experiences in Saransk and as a Red Army Latvian division soldier

Testimony

Testimony of Nachum Kleinstein, born in Daugavpils, Latvia, 1921, regarding his experiences in Saransk and as a Red Army Latvian division soldier Soviet occupation; Jewish life; outbreak of the war; escape from the city, 26 June 1941; life on a kolkhoz in Saransk; drafted into the Red Army Latvian division; transfer to the front; wounded; recuperation; end of the war. Return to Latvia; nationalist revival among the Jews of Riga including the struggle for the right to make aliya to Israel.

File Number : 4049

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony

Testimony of Elimelech Bizunski, born in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, 1916, regarding his experiences in the Riga Ghetto, in the partisans in the Rezekne and Daugavpils forests, in the Latvian Division in Moscow and other places German occupation of Riga, June 1941; concentration of the Jews in the Riga Ghetto; escape with a group of 30 people (including 27 Jews) to the partisans in the Rezekne and Daugavpils forests; service in the otriad (detachment, a partisans unit) of Bohern in the Witols brigade; excellence by Jews in the implementation of combat missions; wounded during the explosion of a bridge; move...

File Number : 3445

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Markus Solomonov, born in Krustpils, Latvia, 1907, regarding his experiences in Pskov, Fergana, in the Red Army in Leningrad, in Gorokovetskie Lagiera camps and in the Latvian Division on the Baltic front Outbreak of the war, 1941; escape from Riga to Pskov with his wife and daughter; evacuation to Fergana; work as an engineer; draft into the Red Army, 1942; transfer to the Leningrad front; service as a senior translator in the headquarters; transfer to Gorokovetskie Lagiera camps, June 1944; transfer to the Baltic front in the framework of the Latvian Division. Release from the Red Army with...

File Number : 3776

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Aron Feldgun Feldhun, born in Jelgavas, Latvia, 1909, regarding his experiences in the Latvian Division in Yaransk near Narofominsk and near Staraya Russa

Testimony

Testimony of Aron Feldgun Feldhun, born in Jelgavas, Latvia, 1909, regarding his experiences in the Latvian Division in Yaransk near Narofominsk and near Staraya Russa Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, June 1941; escape to the Soviet Union with his wife and two children; enlists in the Latvian Division at Yaransk; wounded in combat near Narofominsk, December 1941; return to the front; additional wound near Staraya Russa; recuperation. Return to Latvia, early 1945; aliya to Israel, 1972.

File Number : 3727

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Beniamin Gertzik, born in Karsava, Latvia, 1904, regarding his experiences in a kolkhoz in Kuibyshev, Lepintsovo and as a Latvian Brigade soldier on the Staraya Russa front

Testimony

Testimony of Beniamin Gertzik, born in Karsava, Latvia, 1904, regarding his experiences in a kolkhoz in Kuibyshev, Lepintsovo and as a Latvian Brigade soldier on the Staraya Russa front Military service in the Latvian Army. Outbreak of war between Germany and the Soviet Union, June 1941; escape to the East; life on a kolkhoz in the Kuibyshev vicinity; drafted into the Latvian Brigade; release; deportation to Lepintsovo in the Urals; camp life; enlists in the Latvian Brigade, June 1943; combat at the Staraya Russa front; badly wounded; hospitalization in a military hospital in Pawlowo until January...

File Number : 1847

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Shaul Sorkin, born in Riga, Latvia, in 1925, regarding his experiences in Riga, Sigulda, Rybinsk, Uni, Namangan and more.

Testimony

Testimony of Shaul Sorkin,born in Riga,Latvia,in 1925, regarding his experiences in Riga, Sigulda, Rybinsk, Uni,Namangan and more. Childhood in Riga in family rooted there since 1824; younger brother and sister; outbreak of war; escaping of the Jews from there during first days of war; people's moving towards train station via "Brivibas"street; getting fired at by the Schutzmannschaft men; escape to Sigulda under air -raids by German planes; escape to Rybinsk; diseases due to hunger; living in Uni for several months; transfer to Namangan; father's death; enrolment into red army,beginning of 1943; fighting...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Yisrael Lisitzin, born in Daugavpils, Latvia in 1927, regarding escape to territories of eastern USSR in June 1941

Testimony of Yisrael Lisitzin, born in Daugavpils, Latvia in 1927, regarding escape to territories of eastern USSR in June 1941 Childhood in a traditional family; father a cattle merchant and mother owner of an alcoholic drinks shop; studies in a Jewish school; good relationship with the non-Jewish population; Soviet occupation in 1940; outbreak of war between Germany and USSR in 1941; father's decision to escape immediately; family escape along with other Jews towards eastern USSR; receipt of passing permit; evacuation to the area of Ural; flat obtained from the kolkhoz; work as assistant blacksmith;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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