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USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Iakov Zhivotovskii

Oral History | VHA Interview Code: 44981
Interviewee
Iakov Zhivotovskii
Experience Group
Jewish Survivor
Gender
M
Interview Length
2:39:12
Interview Date
5/22/1998
Interview Location
/ Ukraine
Birth Year
1924
Birth City
Sokol'cha (Zhitomir/ Ukraine/ USSR)
Birth Country
USSR
Language
Russian
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About This Oral History

Camps
Bautzen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Berga/Elster (Germany : Concentration Camp)
DULAG 181 (Kerch'/ Russia/ USSR : POW Camp)
Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Leitmeritz (Czechoslovakia : Concentration Camp)
Johanngeorgenstadt (Germany : Concentration Camp)
(u)Varenikovskaia (Krasnodar/ Russia/ USSR : POW Camp)
STALAG 370 (Kherson/ Nikolaev/ Ukraine/ USSR : POW Camp)
STALAG 365 (Wlodzimierz Wolynski/ Ukraine/ USSR: POW Camp)
Liberated By
armed forces/ Soviet
Location of Liberation
Johanngeorgenstadt (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Other Experiences
kolkhoz
prisons
refugee camps
Soviet labor units
escapes during forced marches
concealment of Jewish identity
Prewar Religious Identity
none
Postwar Religious Identity
none
Description
Forms part of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute Visual History Archive.
Special Collection
USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive

Administrative History

Rights and Restrictions

Restrictions
On-site access only. Registration required.
 
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