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Documentation from the trial of Vasiliy Kistruga, charged with collaboration with the German-Romanian occupation authorities and murder of the Jewish population in Chepeliutsy, July 1941

Documentation from the trial of Vasiliy Kistruga, charged with collaboration with the German-Romanian occupation authorities and murder of the Jewish population in Chepeliutsy, July 1941 Investigation file of the MGB Counter-Espionage Department, the Ministry of State Security in Moldavia, against Vasiliy Kistruga, conducted in Kishinev, from 09 December 1948 until 25 January 1949: - Arrest warrant against the collaborator, Vasiliy Kistruga, issued in Kishinev, 09 December 1948; - Investigation reports of the accused, Vasiliy Kistruga, regarding the murder of the Jews, Berta Grup and her daughter, in...

File Number : 22

Type of Material : Record of Murdered Persons, Detention Order, Investigation Reports, Sentence, Indictment, Legal Documentation

Language : Russian

Documentation from the trial of Otto Zeyel, commander of a militia unit of local ethnic Germans, charged with collaboration with the German occupation authority, persecution of the local population and murder of the Jews, in Kolosovo, 1941-1944 Investigation file of the MGB counter-espionage department, the Ministry of State Security of Moldavia, which was conducted in Kotlas and Kishinev, 1945-1947: - Arrest warrant, investigation and search against Otto Zeyel, commander of a militia unit of local ethnic Germans, charged with persecution of the local population. The warrant was issued in Kishinev, 10...

File Number : 4

Type of Material : Record of Murdered Persons, Sentence, Indictment, List of Murdered Persons, Detention Order, Protocol, Investigation Reports, Legal Documentation, List of Collaborators

Language : Russian

Documentation of the Soviet Security Service (MGB) of Belorussia, that arrived as booty in 1941

Documentation of the Soviet Security Service (MGB) of Belorussia, that arrived as booty in 1941 In the file is German documentation (mainly of branches of the military) regarding the struggle against the partisans; partisans' documents (proclamations, and so forth); also mentioned in the documentation are Jews in partisans units; draft of a proclamation to the civilian population, calling for the handing over [betrayal] of Jews and Communists.

File Number : JM/10644

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Poster, Lists, Brochure

Language : Russian, German

Testimony of Janetta (Rizhi) Trofimov, born in Pinsk, Poland, 1918, regarding her experiences in the Gorodnya district using a false identity

Testimony

Testimony of Janetta (Rizhi) Trofimov, born in Pinsk, Poland, 1918, regarding her experiences in the Gorodnya district using a false identity Her parents are Yaakov Yenkel and Fruma; her childhood name is Antel; marriage to Avraham Sthurm, a refugee from Warsaw, 1939 Birth of her son Joseph, May 1941; escape with her son on a train with wounded soldiers from her husband's unit of the Red Army, June 1941; life using a false identity, 1941-1943. Return to Pinsk, 1946; aliya to Israel, 1993; life in Afula with her grandson's family.

File Number : 9626

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Abraham Kleiner, born in Chmielnik, Poland, 1904, regarding his role in evacuating factories away from the front, and Zionist activities during and after the war

Testimony

Testimony of Abraham Kleiner, born in Chmielnik, Poland, 1904, regarding his role in evacuating factories away from the front, and Zionist activities during and after the war His family background before the war; Zionist organizations in Chmielnik and membership in Poalei Zion. Senior position; his role in evacuating factories away from the front, to Glazov, and then the reestablishment of industry on liberated territory; development of antisemitism in the Soviet Union before the war; no entry permits into Kiev for Jews; witness makes an appeal to the Jewish-Soviet journalist Ilya Erenburg and the press,...

File Number : 6089

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Yuri Bregel, born in Moscow, Russia, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Red Army and detention in camps in the Soviet Union after the war

Testimony

Testimony of Yuri Bregel, born in Moscow, Soviet Union, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Red Army and detention in camps in the Soviet Union after the war Reknowned Communist and Zionist leaders in his family; evacuation to Uzbekistan, 1941; antisemitism in Fergana; sent to the front after a gunner's course, 1945; attitude towards the Jews in the Red Army. Release in 1946 and studies in a Moscow university; increase of antisemtism in the Soviet Union after the war and persecution of Jewish students and faculty in universities by Communist organizations; arrest by the KGB after one of his friends...

File Number : 6085

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Article by Larisa Burshteyn regarding her experiences in the Zhmerinka Ghetto, and an investigation report regarding riots perpetrated in Zhmerinka by the Germans during the war

Article by Larisa Burshteyn regarding her experiences in the Zhmerinka Ghetto, and an investigation report regarding riots perpetrated in Zhmerinka by the Germans during the war - Article written by Larisa Burshteyn, regarding her experiences in the Zhmerinka Ghetto, published in the "Alef" newspaper in August 1992: Outbreak of the war; attempt by the witness' family to escape from Zhmerinka; occupation of the city of Zhmerinka; arrival of Jews from Transnistria to the Zhmerinka Ghetto, including Dr. Gershman; appointment of Dr. Gershman as the head of the Zhmerinka Ghetto; his protection of Jews in the...

File Number : 554

Type of Material : Article, Investigation Reports

Language : Russian

Memoirs of Yankel Raykhlin, born in Chausy in 1909, regarding his experiences in Mogilev during 1948-1951, his interrogation and trial on charges of anti-Soviet activities during 1951-1952, and his stay in camps in Komi ASSR during 1952-1955 His family's life in Chausy; his studies and work in Leningrad, 1925-1941; in combat as a Red Army soldier, 1941-1945; his work in Mogilev, in the position of a chief engineer in a factory; dismissal from his position at work, following the Jewish burial of his father in 1948; work in a small association; travel to Minsk, and learning about the death of Mikhoels;...

File Number : 9436

Type of Material : Certification, החלטה, Sentence, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Russian