Chevlin, Jack
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Jack Chevlin
Jack Chevlin (release name)
Jacob Lazar Chevlin (name at birth)
Yankel (Hebrew name)
Chewlin (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 12/22/1931
City of Birth Dolhinów (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox 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) Sloboda (Vilna, Poland)(generic)
Poland
Dolhinów (Poland)
Sorochinsk (Russia, USSR)
Type of hiding place buildings
forests
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 displaced persons camps
concealment of Jewish identity
Sovkhoz
State of Interview NJ
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 16935

Diamond, Jack
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Jack Diamond
Jack Diamond (release name)
Zelik Dimensztein (name at birth)
Zelik (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 6/26/1922
City of Birth Dolhinów (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Dolhinów (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Kniaginin (Poland : Concentration Camp)
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)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
displaced persons camps
State of Interview NE
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 14604
Diamond, Mindel
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Mindel Diamond
Mindel Diamond (release name)
Mindel Diamond (current name)
Mindel (Hebrew name)
Kasowitz (maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 3/10/1929
City of Birth Dolhinów (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Dolhinów (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Kniaginin (Poland : Concentration Camp)
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 armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
escapes from the camps
State of Interview NE
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 14469
--Fridman, Elias
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Elias Fridman
Elias Fridman (release name)
Eliahu (Hebrew name)
Elushke* (nickname)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 12/20/1923
City of Birth Dolhinów (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox 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) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Belorussia (USSR : Soviet Socialist Republic)
Type of hiding place forests
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
State of Interview Capital Federal
Country of Interview Argentina
Language(s) of Interview Spanish
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 27305

Grozbin, HÌ£ayim
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee HÌ£ayim Grozbin
HÌ£ayim Grozbin (release name)
´avraham Ḥayim (name at birth)
Yafim (other name)
Sergei (other name)
Chaim Grosbein (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 7/2/1930
City of Birth Dolhinów (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Dolhinów (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
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 Yes
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview Central
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 20452
Hochhauser, Rachel
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Rachel Hochhauser
Rachel Hochauser (release name)
Rochel (Hebrew name)
Swerdlin (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 7/2/1928
City of Birth Dolhinów (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) orthodox 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) Osowo (Wilejka, Vilna, Poland)
Type of hiding place farms
cellars
forests
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview NY
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 15940




Kaplan, Yaacov
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Yaacov Kaplan
Yaacov Kaplan (release name)
Daṿid (Hebrew name)
Yanḳeleh (nickname)
Jan* (other name)
Yaakov Kaplan (other name)
Ya`aḳov Ḳaplan (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 10/24/1922
City of Birth Dolhinów (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) liberal Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Dolhinów (Poland : Ghetto)
Krasne (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Kniaginin (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Równe (Wolyn, Poland)
Wolyn (Poland : Voivodship)
Type of hiding place forests
forests
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Wolyn (Poland : Voivodship)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant liberators
Other Experiences escapes from the ghettos
escapes from the camps
State of Interview Haifa
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 0:00
Interview Code 51482
Koṭon, Levi Yitsḥak
Jewish Survivor

Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Levi Yitsḥak Koṭon
Levy Izhak Koton (release name)
Levi Yitsḥak Koṭon (release name)
Koton (current name)
Lobah (nickname)
Leon (other name)
Lev* Lazerovich* Koton* (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 5/15/1923
City of Birth Dolhinów (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Dolhinów (Poland : Ghetto)
Glebokie (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) Dolhinów (Poland)
Type of hiding place family homes
attics
hiding places
houses
farms
forests
Resistance Group(s) Narodnie Mstiteli Brigade
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Minsk (Belorussia, USSR)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant liberators
Other Experiences escapes from Aktionen
escapes from the ghettos
forced labor: body removal and disposal
escapes from mass shootings
State of Interview Tel Aviv
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 3:30
Interview Code 45549
Ḳadishevits, Pa´olinah
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Pa´olinah Ḳadishevits
Pa´olinah Ḳadishevits (release name)
(current name)
Pa´olinah Polah Berḳovits (name at birth)
(nickname)
Sṭanislavah Sergiyovah (false name)
Berkovitz (other name)
Paulina Kadyshevitz (other name)
Berḳovits (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1/1/1926
City of Birth Dolhinów (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Wasiliszki (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Radun (Nowogródek, Poland)
Druskieniki (Poland)
Plytnica (Poland)
Zalesie (Nowogródek, Poland)(generic)
Posada (Nowogródek, Poland)
Korkuciany (Poland)
Type of hiding place houses
forests
forests
Resistance Group(s) resistance groups
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Plytnica (Poland)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences concealment of Jewish identity
State of Interview Haifa
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 43855
May, Esfira
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Esfira May
Esfira Abramovna May (release name)
Mei (current name)
Ester Abramovna Dimenshtein (name at birth)
Dimenshtein (last name during war)
Esfira (other name)
Dimenshtein (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 3/8/1926
City of Birth Dolhinów (Poland)
Country of Birth USSR
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Dolhinów (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Vilna (Poland : Voivodship)
Dolhinów (Poland : Ghetto)
Type of hiding place fields
cellars
bunkers
forests
Resistance Group(s) "Mstitel" detachment
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Pogost (Belorussia, USSR)(generic)
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 from mass shootings
evasion of roundups
concealment of Jewish identity
State of Interview NY
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 26308
Piṭshon, ´idah
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee ´idah Piṭshon
´idah Piṭshon (release name)
Frydman (name at birth)
´Adah Vishnyevska* (last name during war)
´Iteleh (Yiddish name)
Edah Vishniebskah (false name)
Idda Pithone (other name)
Idda Pitszon (other name)
´Idah Friedman (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 5/17/1926
City of Birth Dolhinów (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Dolhinów (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Augsburg (Germany : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Vitebsk (USSR)(generic)
Type of hiding place family homes
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, United States
Location of liberation Augsburg (Germany : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
concealment of Jewish identity
State of Interview Tel Aviv
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 34990
Telis, Esther
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Esther Telis
Esther Telis (release name)
Esther (Hebrew name)
Dokszycky (maiden name)
Shulman (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 7/10/1926
City of Birth Dolhinów (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Dolhinów (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s)
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Wilejka (Vilna, Poland : County)
Type of hiding place farms
swamps
Resistance Group(s) "Mstitel" detachment
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Lesniki (Minsk, Belorussia, USSR)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 9934
Zamkov, Shifra
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Shifra Zamkov
Shifra Zamkov (release name)
(current name)
Shifra (name at birth)
Shifra (Yiddish name)
Sylvia Linn Zamkov (other name)
Chevlin (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 5/1/1927
City of Birth Dolhinów (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) modern orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Dolhinów (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Slobódka (Braslaw, Vilna, Poland)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s) Avenger
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory Yes
Forced (death) Marches No
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 4:00
Interview Code 23847