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Oral history interview with Grigory Liberchuk

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2004.50 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0485

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    Oral history interview with Grigory Liberchuk

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Grigory Liberchuk (né Gershel Leib Liberchuk), born in 1938 in Dnipropetrovs'k, Ukraine, discusses his childhood; the Soviet government evacuating Jews from Dnipropetrovs'k on trains as the German Army approached; his infant brother's death during German bombing of the trains; his father's service in the Soviet Army and the help they received from the Soviet government; staying for a year in Stavropol, Russia; the German occupation of Stavropol in August 1942; his mother leaving him with a Russian woman and moving to another village to live under a false identity; being recognized as Jewish by the German boyfriend of his caretaker and taken to a round-up point; being rescued by a member of the underground and taken to a childless Polish couple; his mother's return several months later and the reluctance of the couple to give him back to her; his mother finally regaining custody of him and moving to another area; making contact with his mother's family in Kazakhstan and staying with them until the end of World War II; their return to Dnipropetrovs'k and then moving to Kiev, Ukraine; his life in Kiev after the war; and his eventual immigration to the United States with his wife and son.
    Interviewee
    Grigory Liberchuk
    Interviewer
    Ringelheim, Dr. Joan
    Date
    interview:  2004 March 16
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    4 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch conducted the interview with Grigory Liberchuk on March 16, 2004. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in April 2004.
    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.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:03:08
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