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Oral history interview with Grigoriy Anatolevich Dorskiy

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1283.8 | RG Number: RG-50.378.0008

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    Oral history interview with Grigoriy Anatolevich Dorskiy

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Grigoriy Anatolevich Dorskiy, born 1922 in Sumali, Belarus (possibly near Slutsk), recalls his family; his prewar life, including his entrance and attendance at Minsk Polytechnic University; the execution of his father in a purge in October 1938; the extent to which he knew of German policy towards Jews prior to the outbreak of the war; the bombing of Slutsk; the arrival of German troops in his home town of Romanovo (Lenino); the establishment of a ghetto in Romanovo; life in the ghetto, including Jewish leadership, the actions of police, and his sister's medical practice; escaping from the ghetto and joining the partisans; partisan battles, including a battle in Belovezhskiy forest; the arrival of Soviet troops; and his life after the war.
    Interviewee
    Grigoriy A. Dorskiy
    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..

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Nathan Beyrak, project director for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Oral History Branch, coordinated the interview with Gregory Dorsky 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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