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Oral history interview with Yuri Izrailovich German

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1283.16 | RG Number: RG-50.378.0016

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    Oral history interview with Yuri Izrailovich German

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Yuri Izrailovich German, born May 21, 1930 in Smolensk, Soviet Union, recalls his family's move to Kaluga; pre-war life; the arrest of his father as an enemy of the people by Soviet authorities in 1939; his father's escape from a labor camp and his return soon after the outbreak of the war; his father being drafted into the Soviet Army; the arrival of German troops and the establishment of a ghetto; life in the ghetto; hiding from German troops during the liquidation of the ghetto; escaping with his family from Kaluga; being hidden by a former neighbor until the arrival of Soviet troops in December 1941; life in Kaluga during the war; instances of antisemitism in school; being drafted into the Soviet Army in 1950 and serving as an officer; and post-war life.
    Interviewee
    Yuri I. German
    Date
    interview:  1995 August 05
    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
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Restrictions on use. Restrictions may exist. Contact the Museum for further information: reference@ushmm.org

    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 Yuri Izrailovich German on August 5, 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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