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Letter by Hero of the Soviet Union [Red Army] Second Lieutenant Kravtsov, regarding the murder of his family in Yaltushkov

Letter by Hero of the Soviet Union [Red Army] Second Lieutenant Kravtsov, regarding the murder of his family in Yaltushkov Establishment of the Yaltushkov Ghetto near the market square; hunger in the ghetto; concentration of the ghetto inmates in the railroad station on 20/08/1942, where most of them were murdered with cruelty, including the writer's two daughters; afterwards his wife labored in a labor camp in Yakushintsy; she was murdered with all of the camp's inmates later; Second Lieutenant Kravtsov writes that that only thing left for him is revenge.

File Number : 116

Type of Material : Photograph, Letter

Language : Russian

Testimony

Testimony of Yerachmiel Milia Felzenshtein, born in Kharkov, Ukraine, 1924, regarding his experiences as a Red Army soldier in combat in Krasnodar; a commander of an infantry battalion at the third Ukrainian front and in combat in Sevastopol From a religious family; life before the war. Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union; enlists in the Red Army; transfer to officers' training school in Samarkand; active combat in Krasnodar; opening of a mass grave in Krasnodar; command of a marine unit landing on the Altigan peninsula; wounded in battle; awarded the "Hero of the Soviet Union" medal;...

File Number : 3953

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Russian

Testimony

Testimony of Cwi Hirsz Olszanski, born in Stare Siolo, Poland, 1908, regarding his experiences in the Red Army, in German captivity in the Chernigov vicinity and Osipovichi, using a false identity, in the Berezow Ghetto, in the partisans in the Rokitno-Tomashgorod area, and in other places Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union; draft into the Red Army; taken to German captivity in the Chernigov vicinity; transfer to Osipovichi, near Minsk; POW camp life as a Ukrainian, for seven weeks; escape from captivity; return to Stare Siolo; capture by Ukrainian policemen; handed over to the Germans;...

File Number : 3478

Type of Material : Poems/songs, Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Elijahu Kowienski, born in Zdzieciol, Poland, 1904, regarding his experiences in the Zdzieciol Ghetto, Wolkowisk, Nowogrodek and with the partisans in Naliboki

Testimony

Testimony of Elijahu Kowienski, born in Zdzieciol, Poland, 1904, regarding his experiences in the Zdzieciol Ghetto, Wolkowisk, Nowogrodek and with the partisans in Naliboki Life before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1939; escape to Wolkowisk; Soviet occupation; German occupation; deportation to Zdzieciol; life in the Zdzieciol Ghetto including the murder of family members; transfer to Nowogrodek; escape; joins the partisans; combat in Naliboki; witness is wounded; liberation.

File Number : 2088

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Birth certificate of Maya Okun, born in Bobruysk in 1938

Birth certificate of Maya Okun, born in Bobruysk in 1938 - birth certificate of Maya Okun, daughter of David Okun and Feyga Gorelik, born in Bobruysk on May 27, 1938. Also in the file: - page from book about Jewish heroes of the Soviet Union, including biography of the Red Army soldier Solomon Gorelik, who fell in battle on October 22, 1941. Submitter's remarks; Maya Okun and her family lived in Taganrog. When the war began, they were evacuated to Omsk after the war, they moved to Leningrad. Solomon Gorelik is Maya's maternal uncle. She had another maternal uncle—Yosif Gorelik—who was also inducted...

File Number : 1005

Type of Material : Birth Certificate

Language : Russian

Hero of the Soviet Union certificate issued for Nikolay Posadnik on April 6, 1946

File Number : 900

Type of Material : Diploma

Language : Russian

Lists including names of Heroes of the Soviet Union and senior Red Army officers who served in the Sumy region, prepared in 1947

File Number : JM/33600

Type of Material : List of Soldiers, List of Military Officers

Language : Russian

Documentation regarding partisans units and underground movements active in the Sumy region, dated 1944-1976

Documentation regarding partisans units and underground movements active in the Sumy region, dated 1944-1976 Included in the collection: - Lists of partisans and members of the underground active in the Sumy region; - Lists of partisans and members of the underground who perished; - Lists of Heroes of the Soviet Union; - Protocol of a meeting of a partisans unit from Romny.

Type of Material : Official Documentation, List of Partisans, Protocol, List of Underground Members

Language : Russian, Ukrainian

Biographical sketches and a list of Jews who served in the Soviet Navy during World War II, from the article by Abram Pribluda, "Jews in the War Against Nazi Germany", 1974

Biographical sketches and a list of Jews who served in the Soviet Navy during World War II, from the article by Abram Pribluda, "Jews in the War Against Nazi Germany", 1974 Compilation of the list was based on many sources, mostly on orders issued by the Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Social Republics regarding the awarding of Medals of Honor and other decorations; the article was edited by Gershon Shapiro.

File Number : 1513

Type of Material : List of Military Officers, List of Jewish Soldiers, Article, Survey, Biography

Language : Russian

Official documentation attesting to the awarding of the title "Hero of the Soviet Union" to Red Army soldier Mikhail Ocheret, following his heroic death in battle at the front during the war; documents dated, 1945-1947 - Confirmation by the Red Army attesting to the awarding of the title [medal] "Hero of the Soviet Union" to Red Army soldier Mikhail Ocheret, lance-corporal, following his death in battle at the front during the war; the confirmation was given to his father, Iosif Ocheret, 20 August 1945; included is a notarized copy of the authorization, issued in Zhitomir, 20 August 1946; - Certificate...

File Number : 397

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Personal Records

Language : Russian