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Certificate for a Medal of Heroism awarded to a female Russian Jewish partisan postwar

Object | Accession Number: 1995.104.2

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].

Date
received:  1944 August 08
Language
Russian
Classification
Information Forms
Category
Proclamations
Object Type
Testimonials (aat)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ester Guissin

About This Object

Physical Description
Typewritten; semi-opaque parchment-type paper.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 5.870 inches (14.91 cm) | Width: 6.610 inches (16.789 cm) | Depth: 16.810 inches (42.697 cm)
Materials
overall : paper, ink
Markings
upper left corner, ink stamp, "H.K.O.-C.C.C.P./2-R (the "R" is reversed), remaining portion Russian; lower center edge, circular ink stamp with hammer and sickle surrounded by "."..C.C.C.P....", [remaining portion in Russian
front, printed in ink : The partizan [sic] Brigade named Kaplun [Kapluna Brigade]
This document is given to comrade Blizovski [Blyezhovskaya], Ester Abramova [Abramovna], from the town of Stolin in the district of Pinsk in White Russia, who served in the Kaplun Partizan [sic] Brigade as of September 1943 through August 1944. During her stay in the Brigade she fulfilled all the special operations assigned to her and participated in all the operations with the highest responsibility.
She acted heroically in all assignments in the life of the Partizans [sic] up to self-sacrifice.
Because of the above, she is given the Medal of Heroism.
On August 8, 1944, she is being sent through Stolin, for the continuation of her studies.
The local Soviet government is requested to afford her all possible help to continue her studies.
Signed Brigadir Kaplun and his deputy Dvoretski
Signature
lower central edge, in colored pencil, [illegible]
Inscription
upper left corner, in colored pencil, [illegible]
Contributor
Subject: Ester Guissin
Biography
Ester Guissin, born Ester Blizovski, was a member of the Kaplun Partizan Brigade in Belorusse from September 1943 through August 1944.

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The certificate was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Ester Guissin.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:22:29
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn8909

Also in Ester Guissin collection

The collection consists of a Russian Medal of Heroism and an accompanying certificate.

Date: 1944 August 04

Medal of Heroism awarded to Russian Jewish woman in the Partisan Brigade

Medal of Heroism awarded to Russian Jewish woman in the Partisan Brigade

Object

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].

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