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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

KÌ£opkÌ£in, Shlomoh
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Shlomoh KÌ£opkÌ£in
Shlomoh KÌ£opkÌ£in (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

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http://tc.usc.edu/vhitc/(a5qv3ljm0eadavnyww5wnlfw)/terms.aspx 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 KÌ£opkÌ£in, Shlomoh Jewish Survivor Question Answer Name of Interviewee Shlomoh KÌ£opkÌ£in Shlomoh KÌ£opkÌ£in (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