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Oral history interview with Yahad-In Unum interviewee 564U

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.24.164 | RG Number: RG-50.589.0164

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    Oral history interview with Yahad-In Unum interviewee 564U
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    Interview Summary
    The interviewee, a Ukrainian man born in 1926, discusses events in Khochyn and Rokytne in Rivnens'ka oblast', Ukraine; the arrival of German forces; joining the "Saburov" partisan detachment in 1942; the partisan units, their activities, and his partisan experiences; the heavy presence of partisans in the area and the tendency of German forces to remain in their bases; the attack by Ukrainian nationalist partisans--"Banderovtsy"--on the largely Polish village of Kupel', Ukraine; the Germans' use of cooperative Soviet prisoners of war (known in the area as "Kazaki") to help guard rail lines; the Ukrainian police; learning later about the mass shooting of Jews from Rokytne and the surrounding area at a wooded site 2 or 3 km from Rokytne on July 15, 1941; the escape of some Jews, eight or ten of whom joined his partisan unit; member of his unit including Boris Shvartsblatt, a Jewish former teacher who became a political officer in the unit, and Olshevskiy, a decorated partisan who later went to Israel; his speculation on why Germans had a policy of killing Jews; how the Germans killed the entire population of Staro Selo after the local Orthodox priest informed on partisans in the village; the role of "desyatniki" in the occupation administration; the police uniforms; and the weapons used by the police.
    Date
    interview:  2008 January 07
    Geography
    creation: Rivnens'ka oblast' (Ukraine)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Yahad-in Unum

    Physical Details

    Language
    Ukrainian French
    Extent
    1 compact disc.

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Restrictions on use. Yahad-In Unum retains copyright on the collection. Researchers agree not to reveal any personal identifiers if disclosed in witness testimony.

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Yahad-In Unum donated the oral history interview to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 09:07:03
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