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Oral history interview with Grigoriy Soroker

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.8 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0008

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    Oral history interview with Grigoriy Soroker

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Grigoriy Soroker discusses his childhood in the mostly Jewish town Călărași, Romania (now in Moldova); his orthodox upbringing; his memories of antisemitism; the occupation of his town by the Soviet Union in 1940 and the changes that occurred; the invasion in June 1941 of Nazi troops; his family's decision to flee; his family's journeys eastward; their experiences during the war in Dnipro (Ukraine), Stalingrad (Volgograd, Russia), and the Ural Mountains; his father's enlistment in the Soviet Army; his experiences after the war; his return to Bessarabia; his schooling and long military career; and his immigration to the United States in 1995.
    Interviewee
    Grigoriy Soroker
    Date
    interview:  1999 March 03
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 videocassette (SVHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Soroker, Grigoriy.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Griogoriy Soroker on March 3, 1999. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tape of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project on June 25, 1999.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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    2023-11-16 08:43:20
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