Politruk Yakov Meer Berlin was born, 1914 to Gersh. Prior to WWII he lived in Novgorod Severskiy, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in the Soviet armed forces. Politruk Berlin was killed in military service in WWII. Place of death: the Soviet armed forces, 22/08/1942.
Among the Jewish soldiers killed in WWII, especially in the Red Army, tens of thousands were singled out and murdered as Jews while in captivity as prisoners of war.