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Memoirs of Inga Tretyakova, born in Leningrad, the Soviet Union, 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in Leningrad during the siege of Leningrad, and in Pyatigorsk, Baku, Elektrostal and other places Life before the war; music studies. Outbreak of the war; her family's decision to stay in Leningrad; life during the siege of Leningrad; evacuation along with her mother, Yanina Mirlas, via the Lagoda Sea, March 1942; deportation on a train in the direction of the Stalinsk region; escape from the train; escape to Pyatigorsk; escape to Makhachkala; escape to Baku; life in an improvised refugee camp;...

File Number : 8415

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Memoirs

Language : Russian

Memoirs of Efim Yofe regarding his experiences in Leningrad, in hiding in the Rostov Na Donu area and in Armenia

Memoirs of Efim Yofe regarding his experiences in Leningrad, in hiding in the Rostov Na Donu area and in Armenia Deaths of the author's parents from starvation; transfer to Armenia with kindergarten children, 17 August 1941; halting of the train in the Rostov Na Donu area; rescue of the children by the local residents; being hidden by a Russian woman; transfer to Armenia with the kindergarten children; liberation. Witness is located by family members.

File Number : 8204

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Russian

Memoirs of Mark Yaros regarding his experiences as a child in Leningrad during the siege and in Bashkiriya

Memoirs of Mark Yaros regarding his experiences as a child in Leningrad during the siege and in Bashkiriya Disappearance of his father, 1938, and his murder; life under siege in Leningrad; life in a boarding school due to the shortages; food shortage; transfer to Bashkiriya, July 1942; life in Bashkiriya until the end of the war.

File Number : 57

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Larisa Vaks regarding her experiences during the siege on Leningrad, in Tikhvin, Siberia and Kazakhstan

Testimony of Larisa Vaks regarding her experiences during the siege on Leningrad, in Tikhvin, Siberia and Kazakhstan Outbreak of the war; air-raids; city under siege; turning schools into hospitals; fear; hunger; evacuation of the children to surrounding villages; water, electricity and heating shortages; mortality; mass graves; liberation by the Red Army and evacuation to Tikhvin; from there to Siberia. News of the murder of her relatives and acquaintances; move to Kazakhstan; return to Leningrad; studies education; work; military service of her husband in the Red Army; aliya to Israel, 1990; receives a...

File Number : 50

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Natalia Bresler, born in Yefa, Soviet Union, 1937, regarding her experiences as a child in Leningrad during the siege on the city

Testimony of Natalia Bresler, born in Yefa, Soviet Union, 1937, regarding her experiences as a child in Leningrad during the siege on the city Military service of her father; air-raid on a train that departed from and returned to Leningrad; siege on the city; cold; hunger and disease; liberation.

File Number : 35

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Roza Astashkevich, born in Leningrad, Soviet Union, 1923, regarding her experiences during the siege on Leningrad

Testimony of Roza Astashkevich, born in Leningrad, Soviet Union, 1923, regarding her experiences during the siege on Leningrad Outbreak of the war; draft of her brothers into the Army; draft of the residents for digging trenches; life under siege; food shortage; cold; disease; death of her mother; travel of her father; air-raids.

File Number : 26

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ida Medvedeva, born in Cherikov, Belorussia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Leningrad

Testimony

Testimony of Ida Medvedeva, born in Cherikov, Belorussia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Leningrad Life before the war; education. Deportation to labor digging near Leningrad, June 1941; the siege on Leningrad; life in Leningrad during the siege including labor in a factory.

File Number : 5905

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Memoirs of Marina Strikman from Leningrad regarding her experiences as a child in Dubrovno, Yaroslavl and during the siege of Leningrad

Memoirs of Marina Strikman from Leningrad regarding her experiences as a child in Dubrovno, Yaroslavl and during the siege of Leningrad Move at the age of 10 with her sister Sofiya, who was 18, from Leningrad to Dubrovno for a summer vacation at their grandmother's, May 1941; outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, June 1941; air-raids; escape to the train station in Orsha with her sister in order to return home to Leningrad; success in boarding a military train with Red Army soldiers to Leningrad; arrival in Leningrad; life in Leningrad; decision of the municipality to move the local...

File Number : 9657

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English