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Correspondence between Ion Rodinov from Riga and Ilya Ehrenburg, 1958-1962

Correspondence between Ion Rodinov from Riga and Ilya Ehrenburg, 1958-1962 Letter by Ion Rodinov to Ilya Ehrenburg, with a request to send Rodinov's article about the murder of the Jews of Riga to the Communist press in France; reply by Ehrenburg that he does not deal in such matters, and he recommends that Rodinov turn to the Sovinformburo; Letter written by Ion Rodinov in 1959, including his proposals for the marking of the centennial of the birth of Sholom Aleykhem in the Soviet Union; reply by Ilya Ehrenburg, that the World Committee for Peace decided to mark the centennial of the birth of Sholom...

File Number : 73

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Names of Perpetrators, Names, Names of Rescuers, Letter

Language : Russian, Yiddish

Testimony of Avraham Margolis, born in Zyrardow, regarding his experiences in Sobibor and participation in the uprising

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Margolis, born in Zyrardow, regarding his experiences in Sobibor and participation in the uprising Outbreak of the war in Zyrardow; deportation to Belzec camp, 1940; return to the Warsaw Ghetto, 1941; escape to the Lublin Ghetto; escape to his brother in Zamosc; deportation of the witness and his brother to Sobibor; arrival of transport with Polish POWs and among them, Aleksandr Pechersky, 1943; planning the uprising in detail; participation in the uprising, 14 October 1943; the inmates' escape; escape in the direction of Chelm.

File Number : 7019

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Semion Rosenfeld, born in Ternovka, Ukraine, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Red Army, Sobibor camp, escape after the Sobibor uprising and survival in the forests until liberation

Testimony

Testimony of Semyon Rozenfeld, born in Ternovka, Ukraine, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Red Army, Sobibor camp, escape after the Sobibor uprising and survival in the forests until liberation His service in the Red Army until the outbreak of the war, 22 June 1941; breach of the Red Army line of defense by the Germans in the first month of combat; battles on the Mogilev front during the Red Army retreat; his unit is surrounded and witness is taken captive by the Germans; transfer to a POW camp in Minsk; about a POW named Alexander Pechorsky, who subsequently became the commander of the uprising in...

File Number : 6590

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

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File Number : 2812

Language : Russian

Document regarding the deportation of Jews from France and Germany to Sobibor, dated October 20, 1943; Confirmation that Aleksander Pechorski joined the partisans in Belarus

Document regarding the deportation of Jews from France and Germany to Sobibor, dated October 20, 1943; Confirmation that Aleksander Pechorski joined the partisans in Belarus Also in the file: Document confirming that Aleksander Pechorski joined the partisans in Belarus on December 1, 1943, after escaping from Sobibor where he was one of the organizers of the uprising.

File Number : 443

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Documentation

Language : German, Ukrainian

Testimony of Nachum Plotnitski, born in Wishina, 1913, regarding his experiences in the Polish Army; as a German POW and in Sobibor

Testimony

Testimony of Nachum Plotnitski, born in Wishina, 1913, regarding his experiences in the Polish Army; as a German POW and in Sobibor Drafted to the Polish Army, March 1939; served with his unit in Wlodawa; outbreak of the Polish-German war, September 1939; heavy bombings on the Polish border units and German invasion into Poland; falling into German captivity; in a POW camp in Neubrandenburg; separation of the Jewish POWs and transfer to POW camps in Biala-Podlaska and Schwerin; escape from the camp together with another Jewish POW; hardships en route; living in the Wlodawa Ghetto; deportation from the...

File Number : 9021

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Semyon Rozenfeld, born in Ternovka, Ukraine, 1922, regarding his experiences in German captivity in Minsk, Sobibor, with the partisans in the Chelm forests and combat in the Red Army

Testimony

Testimony of Semyon Rozenfeld, born in Ternovka, Ukraine, 1922, regarding his experiences in German captivity in Minsk, Sobibor, with the partisans in the Chelm forests and combat in the Red Army Military service in the Red Army in Riga before the war between the Soviet Union and Germany. Outbreak of the war; participation in battles at the Smolensk-Mogilev front; taken into German captivity; life in an improvised German POW camp; transfer to a POW camp in Minsk; camp life including labor in Minsk and contact with Jews in the Minsk Ghetto; transfer to Sobibor; organization of an underground; outbreak of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Shlomo Elster, born in Chelm, Poland, 1908, regarding his experiences in a camp, Sobibor and in hiding

Testimony

Testimony of Shlomo Elster, born in Chelm, Poland, 1908, regarding his experiences in a camp, Sobibor and in hiding Concentration of the Jews in a Catholic church; establishment of a labor camp in Polish school buildings; deportation to the camp with skilled professionals; escape from the murder site; return to the labor site; deportation to Sobibor with Jews from the vicinity; camp life including labor as a carpenter in the carpentry workshop; Sobibor Uprising, 14 October 1943; joins the group under the Soviet-Jewish officer, Alexander Pechersky; escape; detachment of Pechersky's group from the Polish Jews;...

File Number : 4192

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

Testimony

Testimony of Aleksandr Pechersky, born in Kremenchug, Ukraine, 1909, regarding his experiences as a Red Army soldier, in German captivity in Minsk; planing the Sobibor uprising and in a Soviet partisan unit Life before the war; his father is an attorney; move to Rostov; attends a School of the Arts; marriage and the birth of a daughter. German occupation, June 1941; drafted into the Red Army; taken captive by the Germans; transfer to Minsk; deportation to Sobibor; camp life including underground activities; planning the Sobibor uprising, October 1943; escape; joins a Soviet partisan unit;...

File Number : 4147

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony of Yisrael Pozner, born in Luboml, Poland, regarding his experiences in Chelm and Sobibor

Testimony

Testimony of Yisrael Pozner, born in Luboml, Poland, regarding his experiences in Chelm and Sobibor Deportation from Chelm to Sobibor, March 1943; camp life including the camp structure; SS men; camp life and the inmates' conditions; preparations for the Sobibor uprising lead by Sasha Pechersky; outbreak of the Sobibor uprising, 14 October 1943; escape of inmates.

File Number : 4142

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish

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