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Beliak, Leo
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Leo Beliak
Leo Beliak (release name)
Levik Beliak (name at birth)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 2/27/1928
City of Birth Braslaw (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar)
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Riga (Latvia : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Dachau (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, United States
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
concealment of Jewish identity
State of Interview ON
Country of Interview Canada
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 1:57
Interview Code 566
Beliak, Sara
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sara Beliak
Sara Beliak (release name)
Sara Beliak (current name)
Sara Bielak (name at birth)
Sara Bielak (maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 3/17/1933
City of Birth Braslaw (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar)
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Braslaw (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
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 1:47
Interview Code 567
Wischkin, Yetta
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Yetta Wischkin
Yetta Wischkin (release name)
Wischkin (current name)
Jenta Fiszer (name at birth)
Fiszer (last name during war)
Etta (nickname)
Yetta (nickname)
Fiszer (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 8/15/1925
City of Birth Braslaw (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative 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) Poland
Type of hiding place farms
barns
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Poland
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview CT
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 35137
Vishḳin, Mosheh
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Mosheh Vishḳin
Mosheh Vishḳin (release name)
(current name)
(name at birth)
(last name during war)
Franek-Franus (false name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 5/14/1925
City of Birth Braslaw (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Braslaw (Poland : Ghetto)
Opsa (Poland : Ghetto)
Widze (Poland : Ghetto)
Swieciany (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Podbrodzie (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Vilna (Poland : Voivodship)
Type of hiding place farms
other type of hiding place
family homes
swamps
fields
bunkers
forests
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Vilna (Poland : Voivodship)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from prisons
concealment of Jewish identity
escapes from the ghettos
prisons
evasion of roundups
escapes from mass shootings
escapes from the camps
escapes from Aktionen
State of Interview Central
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 41476
Bokman, Khena
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Khena Bokman
Khena Leibovna Bokman (release name)
Khena Leibovna Bandt (name at birth)
Bandt (maiden name)
Hena Bokman (other name)
Khena L'vovna Bokman (other name)
Bandt (release maiden name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 11/22/1924
City of Birth Braslaw (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Hasidism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Braslaw (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Dziechciarowo (Poland)
Zablocie (Braslaw, Vilna, Poland)
Type of hiding place factories
buildings
bunkers
farms
hiding places
churches
attics
forests
cellars
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Zablocie (Braslaw, Vilna, Poland)
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
concealment of Jewish identity
State of Interview Central
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 24088

-- Kaye, Samuel
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Samuel Kaye
Samuel Kaye (release name)
Kaye (current name)
Samuel Zalman Kopelowicz (name at birth)
Kopelowicz (last name during war)
Shmuel (Hebrew name)
Szmul (Yiddish name)
Muli (nickname)
Samuel Kaye (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 6/28/1938
City of Birth Braslaw (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar)
Religious Identity (Postwar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Braslaw (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Poland
Type of hiding place forests
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Poland
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview NJ
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Russian
Yiddish
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 44836
Schwartz, Jean
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Jean Schwartz
Jean Schwartz (release name)
Schwartz (current name)
Jean Skop Schwartz (name at birth)
Skop (last name during war)
Henya (Hebrew name)
Henya (Yiddish name)
Jean Skop Schwartz (other name)
Skop (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 9/3/1929
City of Birth Braslaw (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Widze (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Mielegjany (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Elley-Meiten (Latvia : Concentration Camp)
Riga (Latvia : Concentration Camp)(generic)
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 No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview PA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 22873

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