Barlasch, Ayzyk
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Ayzyk Barlasch
Ayzyk Barlasch (release name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 6/3/1927
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) reform Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Majdanek (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Blizyn (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Dachau (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Kaufering, Lager XI (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Munich (Germany)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, United States
Location of liberation Munich (Germany)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
concealment of Jewish identity
escapes during forced marches
State of Interview Baden-Württemberg
Country of Interview Germany
Language(s) of Interview German
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 20198
Bass, Harry
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Harry Bass
Harry Bass (release name)
Harry Bass (current name)
Herschel Bass (name at birth)
Zwei (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 2/7/1919
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Pruzana (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, British
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview PA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 1:00
Interview Code 31918
Becker, Alex
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Alex Becker
Alex Becker (release name)
Becker (current name)
Alexsander Bekier (name at birth)
Ber (Hebrew name)
Olesz (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 7/27/1935
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) reform Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Atheism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Vilna (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences concealment of Jewish identity
displaced persons camps
escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview CA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 41498
Becker, Mira
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Mira Becker
Mira Becker (release name)
Mira Becker (current name)
Kwasowicer (maiden name)
Chamula (nickname)
Wojciechowska (false name)
Meryl (other name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 9/2/1922
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown) Judaism
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s)
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview CA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 6832
Bekenshtein, Semen
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Semen Bekenshtein
Semen Ionovich Bekenshtein (release name)
Semion Bekenshtein (other name)
Semyon Bikinshtein (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 7/10/1922
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Gusen (Austria : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Mauthausen (Austria : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz I (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, United States
Location of liberation Gusen (Austria : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences refugee camps
State of Interview
Country of Interview Russia
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 2315
Bell, Ralph
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Ralph Bell
Ralph S. Bell (release name)
Bell (current name)
Rafal Belach (name at birth)
Belach (last name during war)
Rafael (Hebrew name)
Shlomo (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 2/14/1915
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Mauthausen (Austria : Concentration Camp)
Majdanek (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Blizyn (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Ebensee (Austria : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, United States
Location of liberation Ebensee (Austria : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview IL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:01
Interview Code 5984
Bencki, Izak
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Izak Bencki
Izak Bencki (release name)
Bencki (current name)
Isaac Bencki (name at birth)
Bencki (last name during war)
Yitzrak (Yiddish name)
Jack (nickname)
Yitchuk (nickname)
Jack Isaac Bencki (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 10/28/1922
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Pruzana (Poland : Ghetto)
Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Ebensee (Austria : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz I (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Mauthausen (Austria : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, United States
Location of liberation Ebensee (Austria : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview VIC
Country of Interview Australia
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 4:00
Interview Code 36941
Beren, Kay
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Kay Beren
Kay Beren (release name)
Krejna (name at birth)
Lapowska (maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1/6/1927
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Majdanek (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Blizyn (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz I (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Lublin (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 1:23
Interview Code 958
Berkner, Sergei
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sergei Berkner
Sergei Samuilovich Berkner (release name)
Berkner (current name)
Shmerl Samuilovich Berkner (name at birth)
Berkner (last name during war)
Shmered (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s) Forois Detachment
"26 let Oktiabria"
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Bialystok (Poland : Voivodship)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from the ghettos
evasion of roundups
State of Interview
Country of Interview Russia
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 29145
Biegun, Luba
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Luba Biegun
Luba Biegun (release name)
Alkon (maiden name)
Alkon (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 11/3/1927
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) reform Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Blizyn (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Ravensbrück (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Majdanek (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Neustadt-Glewe (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Neustadt-Glewe (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview Capital Federal
Country of Interview Argentina
Language(s) of Interview Spanish
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 13259
Bielsky-Bell, Lillian
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Lillian Bielsky-Bell
Lillian Bielsky-Bell (release name)
(current name)
Leyale Ticktin (name at birth)
Leyale (Hebrew name)
Ticktin (maiden name)
Ticktin (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1/13/1926
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview NY
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 4:00
Interview Code 23131
Bikel, Genia
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Genia Bikel
Genia Bikel (release name)
Bikel (current name)
Genia Messer (name at birth)
Messer (last name during war)
Messer (maiden name)
Gordon (other name)
Keren-Zvi (other name)
Messer (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 8/7/1910
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) reform Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) reform Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview CA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 19882
Birenbaum, Isaac
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Isaac Birenbaum
Isaac Birenbaum (release name)
Itzak (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1/1/1914
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s)
Camp(s) Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Majdanek (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Dachau (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 0:18
Interview Code 3072
Boim, Pola
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Pola Boim
Pola Boym (release name)
Klot (maiden name)
Polah Boym (other name)
Klot (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 12/25/1925
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Vilna (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Riga-Kaiserwald (Latvia : Concentration Camp)
Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview Tel Aviv
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 13024
Bojarski, Szepsel
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Szepsel Bojarski
Szepsel Syd Bojarski (release name)
Szepsel Syd Bojarski (current name)
Szepsel Bojarski (name at birth)
Szepsel (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 11/27/1924
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Soldau (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Soldau (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview ON
Country of Interview Canada
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 44337
Boyarsḳi, Ya`aḳov
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Ya`aḳov Boyarsḳi
Ya`aḳov Boyarsḳi (release name)
Jakob Bojarski (current name)
Jakob Bojarski (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 7/3/1931
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) liberal Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Soldau (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Type of hiding place cellars
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Soldau (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
evasion of roundups
State of Interview Central
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 46585
Bruk, Selene
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Selene Bruk
Selene Bruk (release name)
Mankowska (maiden name)
Selene Markoff (other name)
Cesia Mankowska (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 10/10/1925
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Ravensbrück (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Neustadt-Glewe (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Bialystok (Poland)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Neustadt-Glewe (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview CA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 3000

Bryskier, Mike
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Mike Bryskier
Mike Bryskier (release name)
Meyer Bryskier (name at birth)
Meyer (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 12/30/1926
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Pruzana (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz III-Monowitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, United States
Location of liberation Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 9046

Caine, Miriam
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Miriam Caine
Miriam Caine (release name)
Miriam (Hebrew name)
Krugman (maiden name)
Krugman (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 8/15/1933
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Bialystok (Poland)
Type of hiding place bunkers
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
kolkhoz
Sovkhoz
Soviet exile
State of Interview PA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 1:40
Interview Code 7877
Cheszes, Anna
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Anna Cheszes
Anna Cheszes (release name)
Pola Kaplan-Strzelczyk (name at birth)
Anna Strzelczyk (false name)
Anna Brinstein (other name)
Kaplan (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 11/23/1940
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar)
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Bialystok (Poland)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences concealment of Jewish identity
State of Interview ON
Country of Interview Canada
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 13606
Dinerman, Harry
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Harry Dinerman
Harry Dinerman (release name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 5/1/1915
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Pruzana (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Poland
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory Yes
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview NY
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 8303




Dorogan, Cindy
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Cindy Dorogan
Cindy Dorogan (release name)
Sura Breskina (name at birth)
Sarah (Hebrew name)
Breskina (maiden name)
Sania (other name)
Sophia (other name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 6/18/1934
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar)
Religious Identity (Postwar) reform Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s)
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory Yes
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:30
Interview Code 32402
Duda, Janina
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Janina Duda
Janina Duda (release name)
Bluma Perelmut (name at birth)
(Hebrew name)
Perelmut (maiden name)
Janina Zurek (false name)
Janina Zurek-Carycynska (false name)
Bluma Perelmut (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 12/24/1918
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) non-observant/non-practicing
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Wysock (Poland)(generic)
Wolyn (Poland : Voivodship)
Type of hiding place forests
Resistance Group(s) Saburov Partisan Formation
Fiodorov Partisan Formation
Kovpak Partisan Formation
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences concealment of Jewish identity
State of Interview
Country of Interview Poland
Language(s) of Interview Polish
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 16061

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Dworzecka, Maria
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Maria Dworzecka
Maria Dworzecka (release name)
Dworzecka (current name)
(name at birth)
Pakulska (last name during war)
Marysia (nickname)
Maria Pakulska (false name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 6/19/1941
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar)
Religious Identity (Postwar) reform Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences concealment of Jewish identity
State of Interview VA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 42475

Eisner, Yetta
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Yetta Eisner
Yetta Eisner (release name)
Rubin (maiden name)
Rubin (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 7/19/1920
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) non-observant/non-practicing
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Treblinka (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Majdanek (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Blizyn (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, British
Location of liberation Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview NY
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 3143
Fainer, Fania
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Fania Fainer
Fania Fainer (release name)
Landau (name at birth)
Landau (maiden name)
Landau (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 12/12/1924
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Leipzig (Germany : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Malchow (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Ravensbrück (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Went into Hiding
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s)
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Augustów (Bialystok, Poland)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Germany
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences prisons
concealment of Jewish identity
State of Interview ON
Country of Interview Canada
Language(s) of Interview Yiddish
Length of Interview 1:37
Interview Code 6010
Fainman, Mina
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Mina Fainman
Mina Fainman (release name)
Mindel Czertok (name at birth)
Czertok (maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 5/5/1924
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Blizyn (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Majdanek (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Wieliczka (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Krakau-Plaszow (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
(u)Munchhaun (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s)
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, British
Location of liberation Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview IL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 2021

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Fajnland, Simon
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Simon Fajnland
Simon Fajnland (release name)
Fajnland (current name)
Shimen (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 10/10/1918
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Treblinka (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Bialystok (Poland : Voivodship)
Type of hiding place forests
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Bialystok (Poland : Voivodship)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from the ghettos
escapes during deportations
State of Interview Capital Federal
Country of Interview Argentina
Language(s) of Interview Spanish
Yiddish
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 16955

Flakowicz, Ruth
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Ruth Flakowicz
Ruth Flakowicz (release name)
Knysznki (name at birth)
Ruth (Hebrew name)
Knyszynka (maiden name)
Krystyna Kosna (false name)
Knyszynska (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 11/12/1923
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Warsaw (Poland)
Cracow (Poland)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s) resistance groups, Polish
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Warsaw (Poland)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences concealment of Jewish identity
State of Interview NSW
Country of Interview Australia
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:14
Interview Code 4565

Flicker, Felix
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Felix Flicker
Felix Flicker (release name)
Flicker (current name)
Feliks Flikier (name at birth)
Flikier (last name during war)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 6/6/1925
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant liberators
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
Soviet exile
State of Interview VIC
Country of Interview Australia
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 32399

Fox, Leon
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Leon Fox
Leon Fox (release name)
Fox (current name)
Leibl Arje Fuks (name at birth)
Fuks (last name during war)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 12/22/1926
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Sachsenhausen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Potsdam-Babelsberg (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Blizyn (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Parchim (Germany)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview VIC
Country of Interview Australia
Language(s) of Interview Polish
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 27578

Fried, Leon
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Leon Fried
Leon Fried (release name)
Leib (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 10/7/1919
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Pruzana (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Eschershausen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Ohrdruf (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Sachsenhausen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, United States
Location of liberation Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 12392

Galler, Meyer
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Meyer Galler
Meyer Galler (release name)
Galler (current name)
Meir Galler (name at birth)
Galler (last name during war)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 10/31/1914
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s)
Camp(s) Karaganda (Kazakhstan, USSR : Soviet Concentration Camp)(generic)
(u)Kulaagyr (Kazakhstan, USSR : Soviet Concentration Camp)
Aktubinsk (Kazakhstan, USSR : Soviet Concentration Camp)(generic)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory Yes
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences Soviet exile
kolkhoz
prisons
State of Interview CA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 31255

Ganis, Paula
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Paula Ganis
Paula Ganis (release name)
Ganis (current name)
Paula Akselrod (name at birth)
Akselrod (last name during war)
Pesza (Hebrew name)
Axelrod (other name)
Akselrod (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 5/4/1924
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lódz (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Guben (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, British
Location of liberation Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview NJ
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 21415
Gants, Guṭah
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Guṭah Gants
Guṭah Gants (release name)
Grozbein (name at birth)
Grozbein (other name)
Gutah Gants (other name)
Guta Grozbejn Ganc (other name)
Grozbeyn (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1/1/1917
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Gródek (Bialystok, Poland : Ghetto)
Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Leipzig (Germany : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Ravensbrück (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Malchow (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Type of hiding place cellars
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Germany
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences prisons
State of Interview Tel Aviv
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 21559

Goldbard, Nina
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Nina Goldbard
Nina Goldbard (release name)
Goldbard (current name)
Deich (name at birth)
Deutsch (last name during war)
Neje (Yiddish name)
Nina (false name)
Deutsch (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 6/25/1919
City of Birth Bialystok (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s)
Camp(s) Hessisch-Lichtenau (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Ziegenhain (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Vilna (Poland : Voivodship)
Type of hiding place forests
Resistance Group(s) resistance groups
Liberated by armed forces, United States
Location of liberation Hessisch-Lichtenau (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences concealment of Jewish identity
displaced persons camps
State of Interview Distrito Federal
Country of Interview Mexico
Language(s) of Interview Spanish
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 47577