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Oral history interview with Arkady Sergeyevich Teif

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1283.5 | RG Number: RG-50.378.0005

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    Oral history interview with Arkady Sergeyevich Teif

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Arkadiy Sergeyevich Teif, born 1928 in Smilovichi, Minsk Oblast, Soviet Union (Smilavichy, Belarus), recalls life in Smilovichi before the war; his family's Jewish life; the start of the war and the entrance of German troops into Smilovichi on June 26, 1941; the establishment of a ghetto; the murder of ghetto inhabitants and the liquidation of the Smilovichi ghetto on October 14, 1941; his escape from Smilovichi and entering the Minsk ghetto; life in the Minsk ghetto; his escape and joining the Zorin partisan unit; life with the partisans, including the fights with other partisan units and German forces; the partisans' relations with the local population; the arrival of Soviet troops and his joining the army and advancing to Berlin, Germany; and his return to Minsk.
    Interviewee
    Arkadiy S. Teif
    Date
    interview:  1995 August 01
    Credit Line
    Interviews conducted in association with the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University and with the participation of Beit Lohamei Haghetaot in Israel.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Russian
    Extent
    4 videocassettes (U-Matic) : sound, color ; 3/4 in..

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    Conditions on Access
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    Conditions on Use
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    Keywords & Subjects

    Corporate Name
    Red Army (Soviet Union)

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Nathan Beyrak, project director for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Oral History Branch, coordinated the interview with Arkady Sergeyevich Teif on August 1, 1995. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview in September 1995.
    Funding Note
    The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
    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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