Overview
- Interview Summary
- Alexander Krutkovich, born in 1928, in Minsk, Belarus, explains the dynamics of his family; his father, who was a working-man during the Russian Revolution; the arrest of his father in 1937 and never seeing or hearing from him again; living in Berezino, Belarus before the war started; the beginning of the war and fleeing with his family by walking 300 km by foot to a town called Shkloŭ, Belarus; being put on a train going west; arriving in Chelyabinsk, Russia, where his mother had a family friend; living in Chelyabinsk for a short time; a family friend who helped put them on a train heading for central Asia; going to Kokants (Kokand), Uzbekistan; being sent with his mother to a factory to help clean cotton; the death of his mother and middle brother from an illness; being sent to a university (?) while his younger brother, Marat, was sent to an orphanage; visiting his brother as often as he could; being sent to Tashkent, Uzbekistan and not being able to meet up with his brother any longer; returning to Minsk after the war was over to search for his brother; receiving help in his search, including a letter from the orphanage stating that Marat had escaped three times but was brought back only twice and after his last escape they had no further information about him; never reuniting with his brother but his hope to find him one day; his thoughts about the life Marat might be having; and his desire for closure.
- Interviewee
- Alexander Krutkovich
- Date
-
interview:
2011
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marina Swetin and Rachael Fenton
Physical Details
- Language
- Russian
- Extent
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1 digital file : MPEG-4.
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- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use. Restrictions may exist. Contact the Museum for further information: reference@ushmm.org
- Copyright Holder
- Marina Swetin
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Brothers. Holocaust survivors. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belarus--Personal narratives. Jewish orphans--Uzbekistan. Jewish refugees--Soviet Union. Jewish refugees--Uzbekistan. Jews--Belarus--Minsk. Jews--Migrations. Jews--Persecutions--Belarus. World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians. Men--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Belarus--History--German occupation, 1941-1944. Berezino (Minskaia voblasts', Belarus) Cheliabinsk (Russia) Kokand (Uzbekistan) Minsk (Belarus) Shkloŭ (Belarus) Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
- Personal Name
- Krutkovich, Alexander, 1928-2014.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Marina Swetin and Rachael Fenton donated the oral history interview with Alexander Krutkovich to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in January 2015. The interview was recorded by family members in 2011 for submission to a Russian television program that helps reunite families.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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- 2023-11-16 09:34:33
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