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"The Reminiscences of a Young Holocaust Survivor"

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2011.337.1

Overview

Description: Consists of one memoir, 7 pages, entitled "The Reminiscences of a Young Holocaust Survivor" written by Yuri Prizov, with copies in English and Russian. In the memoir, Mr. Prizov describes his childhood, initially in Zaysan, Kazakhstan, and later near the Polish border, as well as his memories of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the family's escape east, to the region of Karachay-Cherkassia, in the Caucasus, as well as the massacre of Bogdanovka (near Stavropol), where his mother's family lived; posing as non-Jews, and life in Grozny after the war. In the memoir, he described the ways in which his mother, Maria Prizova, saved Yuri and his sisters until the partisans liberated the area of Klukhori (Karachaevsk) and Zelenchukskaya.
Date: undated:
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Yuri Prizov
Collection Creator: Yuri Prizov

Physical Details

Language: English Russian
Genre/Form: Personal Narratives.
Extent: 1 folder

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
Copyright Holder: Mr. Yuri Prizov

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Russia (Federation)--Karachay-Cherkessia--Biography.
Geographic Name: Karachay-Cherkessia (Russia) Karachaevsk (Russia)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Yuri Prizov donated this memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011.

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