- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Leonid B., who was born in Shpikov, Ukraine in 1921. He recounts his father's death when he was six; moving to Pohrebyshche; his mother's remarriage; moving to Kiev; attending a Jewish school, then a military school; completing training as an artillery officer two days before the German invasion in June; posting to Przemyśl; relocating to Korostenʹ; retreating with his unit through Ukraine and Belarus; witnessing the bombing of civilians; battles in Kiev and Poltava; being wounded; locals assisting him medically, providing false papers, and hiding him; moving to Cherkasy; briefly staying with his grandmother in Belozër'ye; capture; escaping his imminent execution; assistance from locals in several locations, including Ternivka; obtaining good false papers; establishing a partisan unit with others; joining an organized partisan group; many operations blowing up trains and battles with Germans; capture and escape; parachuting with others behind German lines; assisting local partisans in Poland in spring and summer 1944; and earning two advanced degrees after the war. Mr. B. notes he saved many Jews; being honored by several Polish and Czech towns; and writing books about his experiences.
- Author/Creator
- B., Leonid, 1921-
- Published
- Tel Aviv, Israel : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1995
- Interview Date
- February 16, 1995.
- Locale
- Ukraine
Shpykiv (Ukraine)
Pohrebyshche (Ukraine)
Kiev (Ukraine)
Przemyśl (Poland)
Korostenʹ (Ukraine)
Poltava (Ukraine)
Cherkasy (Ukraine)
Belozër'ye (Ukraine)
Ternivka (Bershadsʹkyĭ raĭon, Ukraine)
- Cite As
- Leonid B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3742). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
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This testimony is in Russian.
Related publication: Druzʹi︠a︡ i nedrugi / Leonid Berenshteĭn ; [literaturnai︠a︡ zapisʹ E.M. Pi︠a︡tigorskoĭ]. Kiev : Izd-vo polit. lit-ry Ukrainy, 1984.
Related publication: Li︠u︡di iz legendy : vospominanii︠a︡ i razmyshlenii︠a︡ / Leonid Berenshteĭn. Kiev : [s.n.], 2004.
