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USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Iakov Koifman

Oral History | Digitized | VHA Interview Code: 16648

Overview

Interviewee: Iakov Koifman
Experience Group: Jewish Survivor
Gender: M
Interview Length: 1:51:39
Interview Date: 6/20/1996
Interview Location: Haifa / Israel
Birth Year: 1926
Birth City: Vasileuti (Romania)
Birth Country: Romania
Camps: Ediniti (Romania : Concentration Camp)
Varvarovka (Odessa/ Ukraine/ USSR : Concentration Camp)
Liberated By: armed forces/ Soviet
Location of Liberation: Pavlovka (Obodovka/ Vinnitsa/ Ukraine/ USSR)
Other Experiences: Sovkhoz
prisons
Romanian colony
escapes from the camps
Prewar Religious Identity: non-observant/non-practicing
Postwar Religious Identity: not affiliated
Description: Forms part of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute Visual History Archive.

Physical Details

Language: Russian

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Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive
Special Collection: USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive

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