Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Medal of Heroism awarded to Russian Jewish Partisan during the Holocaust. Awarded to Ester Blizovski in August 1944 for her participation in the Partisan Brigade entitled Kaplun [Kapluna Brigade].
- Date
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received:
1944 August 08
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ester Guissin
- Contributor
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Subject:
Ester Guissin
- Biography
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Ester Guissin, born Ester Blizovski, was a member of the Kaplun Partizan Brigade in Belorusse from September 1943 through August 1944.
Physical Details
- Language
- Russian
- Classification
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Military Insignia
- Category
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Medals
- Object Type
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Medals--Soviet Union (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Round medal: recto: image of three airplanes and tank; notation across center stamped and colored red; "CCCP" stamped beneath tank lower edge, colored red; verso: medal stamped with number "353216" on lower half of circle; ribbon: attached to metal backing with safety pin-like clasp attached; ribbon appears to have been time white at one time with an aqua-colored edging.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.620 inches (9.195 cm) | Width: 1.890 inches (4.801 cm) | Depth: 4.800 inches (12.192 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, cloth
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The medallion was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Ester Guissin.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-31 14:24:08
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn8908
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Also in Ester Guissin collection
The collection consists of a Russian Medal of Heroism and an accompanying certificate.
Date: 1944 August 04
Certificate for a Medal of Heroism awarded to a female Russian Jewish partisan postwar
Object
Certificate defining Medal of Heroism awarded to Russian Jewish Partisan during the Holocaust. Awarded to Ester Blizovski in August 1944 for her participation in the Partisan Brigade entitled Kaplun [Kapluna Brigade].
