Overview
- Interview Summary
- Ruvim Izrailevich Shtein, born January 15, 1926 in Koziatyn in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, discusses his experience as one of the very few survivors of the Babi Yar Massacre in Kiev, Ukraine; being in the crowd that entered the killing site; and how he escaped by jumping in a drainage pipe that ran below the surface of today’s Dorohozhytska Street.
- Interviewee
- Ruvim Izrailevich Shtein
- Interviewer
- Marjorie Rouse
- Date
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1999 November 14
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marjorie Rouse
Physical Details
- Language
- Russian
- Extent
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1 DVD.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use. Donor retains copyright. Third party use requests must be submitted to the donor.
- Copyright Holder
- Marjorie Rouse
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Babi Yar Massacre, Ukraine, 1941. Escapes. Execution sites--Ukraine--Kyïv. Holocaust survivors. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Ukraine--Personal narratives. Jews--Ukraine. Massacre survivors--Ukraine--Kyïv. World War, 1939-1945--Children--Ukraine. Men--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Kyïv (Ukraine) Vinnytsia (Ukraine)
- Personal Name
- Shtein, Ruvim Izrailevich, 1926-
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Marjorie Rouse interviewed Ruvin Izrailevich Shtein on November 14, 1999 for her documentary "Who Destroyed Kiev?" which she produced with Bart Childs under the production company name, Bear Hill Productions. She donated a copy of the interview to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in March 2011. The interview was transferred to the Museum's Oral History Branch in April 2011.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 09:21:39
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