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Oral history interview with Yakov Magelnitzkiy

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1283.7 | RG Number: RG-50.378.0007

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    Oral history interview with Yakov Magelnitzkiy

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Ya'akov Magelnitskiy, born in Vitebsk, Belarus in 1928, recalls his family and his life before the war; the outbreak of the war and his and his family's escape to Shumilino; the establishment of a ghetto in Shumilino and ghetto life and organization; his escape from Shumilino and his life on the run; joining Soviet partisans, who kept him as a German translator even though he was so you; going to Opochka; joining the Soviet Army as a driver; more details about his early life; how before joining the partisans he was hidden for a year by a Russian family in Pyatnitskoye but was betrayed to the police and he fled; serving with in the Tershov Brigade in various capacities until 1944; and his life in the Soviet Army, in which he served in the Far East.
    Interviewee
    Yakov Magelnitzkiy
    Date
    interview:  1995 August 02
    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..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
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    Conditions on Use
    Restrictions on use. Restrictions may exist. Contact the Museum for further information: reference@ushmm.org

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Magelnitzkiy, Yakov.
    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 Ya'akov Magelnitzki on August 2, 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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    2023-11-16 08:28:17
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