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Bornstein, Chaim
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Chaim Bornstein
Chaim Bornstein (release name)
Boruch Chaim Baranow (name at birth)
Boruch Chaim (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 10/10/1911
City of Birth Druja (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) Hasidism
Religious Identity (Postwar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Druja (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)
Type of hiding place forests
houses
Resistance Group(s) resistance groups, Soviet
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Miory (Poland)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
escapes from Aktionen
escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview NY
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English and Yiddish
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 18510

-- Zaidlin, Isak
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Isak Zaidlin
Isak Zaidlin (release name)
Itzchak Zaidlin (name at birth)
Itzak (Hebrew name)
Isak Zaidlin (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 3/14/1930
City of Birth Druja (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Druja (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Braslaw (Poland : County)
Type of hiding place farms
forests
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Braslaw (Poland : County)
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 CA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 8919

Shafro, Iosif
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Iosif Shafro
Iossef Solomonovich Shafro (release name)
Shafro (current name)
Iosif Zalmanovich Safro (name at birth)
Is'ka (nickname)
Isele (nickname)
Iosif Shafro (other name)
Solomonovich Shafro (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 6/6/1931
City of Birth Druja (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Druja (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Druja (Poland)
Poland
Type of hiding place fields
cellars
forests
barns
houses
houses
Resistance Group(s) Kalinin Brigade
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Belorussia (USSR : Soviet Socialist Republic)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview
Country of Interview Latvia
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 33913

Shayner, HÌ£ayim
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee HÌ£ayim Shayner
HÌ£ayim Shayner (release name)
HÌ£aym Shayner (current name)
Chaim Szeiner (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 11/11/1926
City of Birth Druja (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar)
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Druja (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) Dzisna (Poland)
Vilna (Poland : Voivodship)
Vilna (Poland : Voivodship)
Mnichy (Poland)
Type of hiding place forests
forests
houses
houses
Resistance Group(s) resistance groups, Soviet
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Vilna (Poland : Voivodship)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview Central
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 21294

Ḳopḳin, Shlomoh
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Shlomoh Ḳopḳin
Shlomoh Ḳopḳin (release name)
Shlomoh Kospkin (other name)
Shlomoh Henik Kopkin (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1/1/1930
City of Birth Druja (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Druja (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) Vitebsk (Belorussia, USSR : Oblast)
Type of hiding place buildings
bunkers
forests
fields
Resistance Group(s) resistance groups
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Vilna (Poland : Voivodship)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory Yes
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant aid givers
Other Experiences concealment of Jewish identity
escapes from the ghettos
orphanages and children's homes
State of Interview Central
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 30253

Berkman, Donald
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Donald Berkman
Donald Berkman (release name)
Berkman (current name)
Donald (Chaim) Hirsch Berkman (name at birth)
Berkman (last name during war)
Chaim (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 12/15/1939
City of Birth Drujsk (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar)
Religious Identity (Postwar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Kaunas (Lithuania : Ghetto)
Vilna (Poland : Ghetto)
Widze (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Ponary Forest (Vilna, Poland)
Ponary (Poland)
Type of hiding place houses
houses
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Ponary (Poland)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
escapes from mass shootings
escapes from Aktionen
State of Interview NJ
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 35738
Chipkin, Sara
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sara Chipkin
Sara Chipkin (release name)
Chai (Hebrew name)
Baron (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 5/15/1910
City of Birth Drujsk (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Widze (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
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 forests
houses
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Vilna (Poland : Voivodship)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
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 1:00
Interview Code 10336