Oral history interview with Fira Leikina

Oral history interview with Isaak Moiseevich Ashmian

Oral History

Isaak Ashmian, born on December 19, 1919 in Kharkiv, Ukraine, discusses his family’s move to Moscow, Russia; life during WWII; his role as a volunteer Engineer Lieutenant in the military construction corps; being stationed in the Moscow area, where he built temporary structures, either to replace ones destroyed in the war or to accommodate new but short term needs; serving on the Belarusian Front; receiving the "Order of the Patriotic War" (1st and 2nd class) and the medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; and immigrating to Canada.

Oral history interview with Sheil Barkin

Oral History

Sheil Barkin, born in 1923 in Daugavpils, Latvia, discusses working as a general laborer on a dairy farm near Novosibirsk before he was old enough to join the army; joining the Latvian Red Army unit when he turned 18; his role as a heavy machine gunner in a Latvian Unit in the Soviet Army; serving on the Eastern Front; being wounded while fighting near Simonovo, Russia; spending the rest of the war recovering in army hospitals and a Latvian hospital in Yaroslavl; receiving the "Order of the Patriotic War" (1st and 2nd class) and the medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"; returning to Latvia and working in construction; and immigrating to Canada.

Oral history interview with Mark Bas

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Oral history interview with Mikhail Bass

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Oral history interview with Isaak Budnitski

Oral History

Isaak Budnitski, born on April 29, 1918 in Vasilkov, Ukraine, discusses his role as a Sergeant Major in the 225th Aviation Regiment in the Soviet Army during WWII; participating in the Battle of Stalingrad (now Volgograd), Crimea, and in the liberation of Vienna; and receiving the medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad", two “Orders of the Red Star”, and two “Orders of the Patriotic War”.

Oral history interview with Moisei Chernoguz

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Oral history interview with Yakov Chudnovsky

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Oral history interview with Lazer Chukhovich

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Oral history interview with Felix Dyman

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Oral history interview with Zinovi Feigin

Oral History

Zinovi Feigin, born on April 3, 1926 in Sverdlovsk (Ekaterinburg), Russia, discusses his role as a radio operator and paratrooper in the Soviet Army during WWII; participating on the Ukrainian front, in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), and in the liberation of Vienna; and receiving the medal "For the Capture of Vienna", a medal for Combat Merits, and the “Order of the Red Star”.

Oral history interview with Lazar Feldman

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Oral history interview with Efim Feldman

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Oral history interview with David Ficherman

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Oral history interview with Beniamin Frumkin

Oral History

Beniamin Frumkin, born in 1922 in Smolensk, Russia, discusses his role as a Regiment Engineer in the Soviet Army during WWII; participating in the defense of Moscow and the capture of Konigsberg (now Kaliningrad); receiving the “Medal for Courage”, the "Order of the Patriotic War", the medal "For the Defense of Moscow", medal "For the Capture of Königsberg", and the “Order of the Red Star”.

Oral history interview with Abram Gamer

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Oral history interview with Yakov Gelfandbein

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Oral history interview with Grigori Genin

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Oral history interview with Nina Goldstein

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Oral history interview with Nikolai Golosarskiy

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Oral history interview with Fedor Grinberg

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Oral history interview with Shulim Grinberg

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Oral history interview with Iurii Iakren

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Oral history interview with Yakov Jarchin

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Oral history interview with Israel Jasinovsky

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Oral history interview with Iosif Kabanovski

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Oral history interview with Eugene Kats

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Oral history interview with Anna Khalyavskaya

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Oral history interview with Boris Khaykin

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Oral history interview with Isaak Kogan

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Oral history interview with Nina Korovkina

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Oral history interview with Boris Kravitz

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Oral history interview with Yakov Kreinin

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Oral history interview with Mikhail Larkitz

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Oral history interview with David Lebkovich

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Oral history interview with Liya Liberova

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Oral history interview with Alexei Litvachuk

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Oral history interview with David Modylevsky

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Oral history interview with Shelma Mushkat

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Oral history interview with Lev Nevler

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Oral history interview with Arkadi Novokolsky

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Oral history interview with Fira Oussatinski

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Oral history interview with Zinoviy Ovsei

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Oral history interview with Victor Perchuk

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Oral history interview with Semyon Perlamutrov

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Oral history interview with Yakov Perlamutrov

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Oral history interview with Efim Perlych

Oral History

Efim Perlych, born in 1927 Malyn, Ukraine, discusses his role in the infantry and as a paratrooper in the Soviet Army during WWII; serving in Stalingrad (now Volgograd), the Caucuses, and Crimea; receiving the “Medal for Courage”, a medal for the liberation of the caucuses and Crimea, the medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad", and the “Order of the Red Star”; and being amongst the first crews working in Chernobyl after the nuclear disaster in 1986.

Oral history interview with Lev Pikus

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Oral history interview with Philip Potiyevsky

Oral History

Philip Potiyevsky, born on August 6, 1922 in Malyn, Ukraine, discusses his experiences in the Soviet Army during WWII; being wounded near Moscow, Russia and being rescued by a local farmer before returning to the army; and receiving the “Medal for Courage”, the medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945", the medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw", and two “Orders of the Red Star”.

Oral history interview with Valentin Rabinovich

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Oral history interview with Yakov Rats

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Oral history interview with Mikhail Rivkis

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Oral history interview with Zinovi Rogov

Oral History

Zinovi Rogov, born on July 1928 in Polotsk, Belarus, discusses his survival as a child of the blockade of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg); assisting in the construction of defensive trenches around the city; and receiving a Leningrad Blockade Survivor badge and a 250th Anniversary of Leningrad Medal.

Oral history interview with Zinoviy Rovner

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Oral history interview with Mikhail Rozenshteyn

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Oral history interview with Anatoly Schwartzman

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Oral history interview with Vladimir Shechtman

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Oral history interview with Leonid Sheinker

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Oral history interview with Lev Shneider

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Oral history interview with Noah Shneidman

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Oral history interview with Aleksey Shtern

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Oral history interview with Berta Tsyrkina

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Oral history interview with Sima Vesyoly

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Oral history interview with Yevgeniy Vesyoly

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Oral history interview with August Vikhnin

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Oral history interview with Grigori Voiler

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Oral history interview with Isaak Zarembo

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Oral history interview with Daniil Zharnitskty

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Oral history interview with Iosif Zibenberg

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Chernomorsky-Liverant Family Story

Document

The Chernomorsky-Liverant Family Story is a digital manuscript documenting the murder of Pearl (Polina) (1896-1941) and Leib (Lev) Chernomorsky (1889-1941) in Lubar, Ukraine in September 1941; Luz Liverant's death in the defense of Moscow in 1942; and Bronya's perilous escape towards Yangeuil, near Uzbekistan, with her daughters Maya (b. 1936) and Anna (Anya, b. 1939). Bronya and her daughters followed the army back towards Ukraine, where she helped bring to justice the collaborator who denounced her father. The digital manuscript includes a brief family tree and five digital images including two death certificates and three photographs.