Golub, Max
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Max Golub
Max Golub (release name)
Golub (current name)
Mordechai (name at birth)
Mordechai (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 8/15/1909
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) concentration camps, German
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 Bialystok (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
State of Interview NY
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview Yiddish
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 22109

Gordon, Harold
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Harold Gordon
Harold Gordon (release name)
Gordon (current name)
Grodzienski (name at birth)
Grodziensky (name at birth)
Hershel Gradcinsky (name at birth)
Hershel Grodcinsky (name at birth)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1/11/1930
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Blizyn (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Dachau (Germany : 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) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Type of hiding place cellars
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, United States
Location of liberation Landsberg (Germany)(generic)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes during forced marches
concealment of Jewish identity
displaced persons camps
State of Interview CA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 4:00
Interview Code 21770
Gordon, Zelda
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Zelda Gordon
Zelda Gordon (release name)
Zelda Gordon (current name)
Grodziensky (name at birth)
[Grodziensky] (last name during war)
[Grodziensky] (maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 12/26/1923
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Blizyn (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Majdanek (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Lublin (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Treblinka (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
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
State of Interview CA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 1:50
Interview Code 15

-- Grozalsky, Sima
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sima Grozalsky
Sima Grozalsky (release name)
Grozalsky (current name)
Sima Kapulski (name at birth)
Kapulski (last name during war)
Kapulski (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 7/12/1919
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Kielbasin (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Grodno (Poland)
Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Type of hiding place cellars
barns
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Grodno (Poland)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant war crimes trial participants
Other Experiences concealment of Jewish identity
displaced persons camps
escapes during forced marches
escapes from the camps
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 27452
Hasid, Grigoriy
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Grigoriy Hasid
Grigorii Niselevich Khosid (release name)
Khasid (current name)
Khosid (current name)
Khosid (name at birth)
Girsh Niselevich Khasid (name at birth)
Khasid (last name during war)
Khosid (last name during war)
Tsvi (Hebrew name)
Grigoriy Niselevich Hasid (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 12/27/1924
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (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 escapes during deportations
escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview Hrodzyenskaya
Country of Interview Belarus
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 37883
Jastrzebska-Szydlowska, Zuzanna
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Zuzanna Jastrzebska-Szydlowska
Zuzanna Zofia Jastrzebska-Szydlowska (release name)
Jastrzebska (maiden name)
Bialka (false name)
Debrowska (other name)
Jastrzebska (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 10/9/1927
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Catholic
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Bialystok (Poland)
Warsaw (Poland)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s) Armia Krajowa
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Drohiczyn (Bialystok, 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
Country of Interview Poland
Language(s) of Interview Polish
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 22019
Kaleska, Nina
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Nina Kaleska
Nina Kaleska (release name)
Kaleska (maiden name)
Kaleska (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 4/11/1929
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Rechlin (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Ravensbrück (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, Soviet
Location of liberation Germany
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
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 2:00
Interview Code 12764
Kanacki, Michael
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Michael Kanacki
Michael Kanacki (release name)
Kanacki (current name)
Meier Kanacki (name at birth)
Mayer (Hebrew name)
Max (nickname)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 6/26/1922
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Ebensee (Austria : Concentration Camp)
Majdanek (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Mauthausen (Austria : Concentration Camp)
Blizyn (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
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 Yes
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 5:00
Interview Code 33111
Kersh, Sylvia
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sylvia Kersh
Sylvia Kersh (release name)
Cywia Mydler (name at birth)
Cyla (nickname)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 8/21/1925
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Leipzig-Mansfeld (Germany: Concentration Camp)
Malchow (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz I (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Leipzig (Germany : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Ravensbrück (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, Soviet
Location of liberation Germany
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 2:20
Interview Code 2797
Kesselman, Rita
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Rita Kesselman
Rita Zelda Kesselman (release name)
Rywka Altczuler (name at birth)
Rywka (Hebrew name)
Altczuler (maiden name)
Altczuler (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 12/11/1926
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Bergen-Belsen (Germany : 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, British
Location of liberation Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
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 2:30
Interview Code 14798

Khosid, Grigorii
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Grigorii Khosid
Grigoriy Niselevich Hasid (release name)
Tsvi (Hebrew name)
Girsh (Yiddish name)
Gregory Khosid (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 12/27/1924
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Grodno (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) Bielski Partisans
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Naliboki Forest (Poland)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes during deportations
escapes from the ghettos
evasion of roundups
State of Interview
Country of Interview Russia
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 2398
Klovskii, Daniil
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Daniil Klovskii
Daniil Davidovich Klovskii (release name)
Klovskii (current name)
Gedaliia Davidovich Klovskii (name at birth)
Daniel Klovsky (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 8/16/1928
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lomza (Poland : Ghetto)
Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Gleiwitz (Germany : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Kielbasin (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : 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) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Thuringia (Germany : State)
Type of hiding place forests
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, United States
Location of liberation Eisenberg (Thuringia, Germany)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences prisons
evasion of roundups
State of Interview
Country of Interview Russia
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 7:30
Interview Code 30752
Kornfeld, Judith
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Judith Kornfeld
Judith Kornfeld (release name)
Kornfeld (current name)
Judith (name at birth)
Ginsburg (last name during war)
Ginsburg (maiden name)
Ginsburg (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 12/9/1929
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) reform Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Neustadt-Glewe (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Ravensbrück (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz I (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 Neustadt-Glewe (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant war crimes trial participants
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 1:00
Interview Code 22998
Kremer, Michael
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Michael Kremer
Michael Kremer (release name)
Kremer (current name)
Moishe Kremer (name at birth)
Moishe (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 10/27/1918
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lomza (Poland : Ghetto)
Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz III-Monowitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Gleiwitz (Germany : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Upper Franconia (Bavaria, Germany : Province)
Type of hiding place forests
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, United States
Location of liberation Kronach (Germany)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences evasion of roundups
escapes during forced marches
prisons
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 27415
Lazar, Ann
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Ann Lazar
Ann Lazar (release name)
Lazar (current name)
Henia Lewin (name at birth)
Lewin (last name during war)
Ann Lazar (other name)
Lewin (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 10/26/1924
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) conservative Judaism
Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Ravensbrück (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Malchow (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
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 CA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 27890
Levin-Ware, Anna
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Anna Levin-Ware
Anna Maxell Levin-Ware (release name)
Levin-Ware (current name)
Anna Mordchelewicz (name at birth)
Fengö (last name during war)
Maxell (other name)
Mordchelewich (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1/31/1922
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) liberal Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) liberal Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Cracow (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Ravensbrück (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Bergen-Belsen (Germany : 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) Cracow (Poland)
Lagiewniki (Cracow, Poland)
Type of hiding place cellars
houses
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 No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences prisons
concealment of Jewish identity
forced labor: body removal and disposal
displaced persons camps
State of Interview CA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:30
Interview Code 44093
Lipets, Sheima
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sheima Lipets
Sheima Itskovich Lipets (release name)
Lipets (current name)
Sheima Itskovich Lipets (name at birth)
Lipets (last name during war)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1/1/1912
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
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 No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences concealment of Jewish identity
prisons
State of Interview Hrodzyenskaya
Country of Interview Belarus
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 0:00
Interview Code 50888
Lippmann, Chaja
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Chaja Lippmann
Chaja Lippmann (release name)
Lippman (current name)
Chaja Rudnicka (name at birth)
Rudnicka (last name during war)
Rudnicka (maiden name)
Rudnicka (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 11/22/1922
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) liberal Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Ravensbrück (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
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences refugee camps
State of Interview Stockholm
Country of Interview Sweden
Language(s) of Interview Swedish
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 29957
Loren, Rubin
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Rubin Loren
Rubin Loren (release name)
Rubin Lubicz (name at birth)
Reuben (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 2/21/1921
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Vilna (Poland : Ghetto)
Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Grodno (Poland)
Type of hiding place houses
Resistance Group(s) Voroshilov brigade
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from the ghettos
refugee camps
State of Interview IL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 2840
Loshovits, Tsiporah
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Tsiporah Loshovits
Tsiporah Loshovits (release name)
Tsiporah Loshovits (current name)
Faigel Piḳovsḳi (name at birth)
(Hebrew name)
Faigaleh (nickname)
Faigachḳeh (nickname)
Faige Pikovsky (other name)
Ziporah Loshovitz (other name)
(release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 4/25/1924
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) non-observant/non-practicing
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Neustadt-Glewe (Germany : 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 Neustadt-Glewe (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview Tel Aviv
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 25046

29386

Yoselevich, Mosheh Hebrew

Yoselevich, Mosheh

Jewish Survivor

Question          Answer

Name of Interviewee          Mosheh Yoselevich

Mosheh Yoselevich (release name)

(current name)

(name at birth)

Y´as`el`euuiṭsh (Yiddish name)

Mish´al`e (nickname)

Moshe Joselewitz (other name)

Gender          Male

Date of Birth          1/16/1924

City of Birth          Grodno (Poland)

Country of Birth          Poland

Religious Identity (Prewar)          orthodox Judaism

Religious Identity (Postwar)          orthodox Judaism

Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)           

Ghetto(s)          Zdzieciol (Poland : Ghetto)

Camp(s)           

Went into Hiding          Yes

Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s)          No

Hiding or living under false identity (Location)          Lipiczany Forest (Poland)

Type of hiding place          forests

Resistance Group(s)           

Liberated by          armed forces, Soviet

Location of liberation          Bielica (Nowogródek, Poland)

Fled from Nazi controlled territory           

Forced (death) Marches          No

Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant           

Other Experiences          escapes from mass shootings

escapes from Aktionen

displaced persons camps

escapes from the ghettos

State of Interview          Jerusalem

Country of Interview          Israel

Language(s) of Interview          Hebrew

Length of Interview          3:30

Interview Code          29386

36736 Zandman, Felix English

Zandman, Felix

Jewish Survivor

Question          Answer

Name of Interviewee          Felix Zandman

Felix Zandman (release name)

Felix Zandman (current name)

Shraga Fayvel Zandman (name at birth)

Zandman (last name during war)

Shrage Fayvel (Hebrew name)

Fayvel (nickname)

Gender          Male

Date of Birth          5/5/1927

City of Birth          Grodno (Poland)

Country of Birth          Poland

Religious Identity (Prewar)          orthodox Judaism

Religious Identity (Postwar)          conservative Judaism

Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)           

Ghetto(s)          Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)

Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)

Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)

Camp(s)          Kielbasin (Poland : Concentration Camp)

Went into Hiding          Yes

Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s)          No

Hiding or living under false identity (Location)          Grodno (Poland)

Grodno (Poland)

Grodno (Poland)

Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)

Type of hiding place          attics

attics

houses

barns

barns

Resistance Group(s)           

Liberated by          armed forces, Soviet

Location of liberation          Grodno (Poland)

Fled from Nazi controlled territory          No

Forced (death) Marches          Yes

Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant          war crimes trial participants

Other Experiences           

State of Interview          PA

Country of Interview          U.S.A.

Language(s) of Interview          English

Length of Interview          3:30

Interview Code          36736

Lubicz, Salomon
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Salomon Lubicz
Salomon Lubicz (release name)
Simon (false name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 6/28/1912
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) liberal Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s)
Camp(s) Auschwitz III-Monowitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Compiègne (France : Concentration Camp)
Drancy (France : Concentration Camp)
Mittelbau-Dora (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz I (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Gleiwitz II (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 Lübeck (Germany)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences concealment of Jewish identity
refugee camps
State of Interview Gironde
Country of Interview France
Language(s) of Interview French
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 24730

Martel, Max
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Max Martel
Max Martel (release name)
Max Martel (current name)
Moshe Hersh (name at birth)
Henrik Max Markiewitz (name at birth)
Max Henry Markiewitz (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 4/17/1920
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s)
Camp(s) Groden (Poland : 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
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 CA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 4:30
Interview Code 817
Motz, Eugeniusz
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Eugeniusz Motz
Eugeniusz Kazimierz Motz (release name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 11/9/1924
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Catholic
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s)
Camp(s) Sachsenhausen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Neuengamme (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Gross Beeren (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz I (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
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences medical experiments in the camps
State of Interview
Country of Interview Poland
Language(s) of Interview Polish
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 22275
Olstein, Sonia
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sonia Olstein
Sonia Olstein (release name)
Olstein (current name)
Sara Fomin (name at birth)
Shapiro (last name during war)
Sara (Hebrew name)
Fomen (other name)
Fomin (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 10/20/1919
City of Birth Grodno (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)
Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Neustadt (Germany : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Auschwitz I (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Ravensbrück (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 Neustadt (Germany : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences evasion of roundups
State of Interview VIC
Country of Interview Australia
Language(s) of Interview English
Yiddish
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 33004
Penn, Linda
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Linda Penn
Linda Penn (release name)
Linda Penn (current name)
Luba Kremer (name at birth)
Kremer (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 8/15/1927
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Theresienstadt (Czechoslovakia : Ghetto)
Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Aschersleben (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Lublin-Alter Flughafen (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Majdanek (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Majdanek (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Trawniki (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Treblinka II (Poland : Death Camp)
Bergen-Belsen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Milejow (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 Theresienstadt (Czechoslovakia : Ghetto)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
displaced persons camps
displaced persons camps
State of Interview TX
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 38042
Posniak, Sol
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sol Posniak
Sol Posniak (release name)
Pozniak (name at birth)
Shlomo (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 9/16/1916
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s)
Camp(s) OFLAG 366 (Biala Podlaska, Poland : POW Camp)
Königsberg (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Gross Rosen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Budzyn (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Brünnlitz (Czechoslovakia : Concentration Camp)
Krakau-Plaszow (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 Brünnlitz (Czechoslovakia : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
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 Polish
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 3215
Rabin, Yehuda
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Yehuda Rabin
Yehuda Rabin (release name)
Yehuda Rabin (current name)
Yehuda Rabinowicz (name at birth)
Rabinowicz (last name during war)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 9/5/1922
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Grodno (Poland)
Type of hiding place hiding places
attics
buildings
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Grodno (Poland)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant war crimes trial participants
Other Experiences evasion of roundups
displaced persons camps
escapes from Aktionen
escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview VIC
Country of Interview Australia
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 26578
Rantz, Fenia
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Fenia Rantz
Fenia Rantz (release name)
Muller (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 11/22/1924
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Auschwitz I (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) Pawlowice (Poland)
Oswiecim (Poland)
Type of hiding place houses
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Oswiecim (Poland)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory Yes
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes during forced marches
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 22686
Russek, Dora
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Dora Russek
Dora Russek (release name)
(current name)
Doba Yablonik (name at birth)
Doba (Hebrew name)
Doba Yablonik (maiden name)
N/A (other name)
Dora Yablonik (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 12/31/1923
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) modern orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Malchow (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Ravensbrück (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Malchow (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Leipzig-Mansfeld (Germany: Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Kielbasin (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Kielbasin (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Type of hiding place houses
houses
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, United States
Location of liberation Germany
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 3:30
Interview Code 20197
Sankey, Sonia
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sonia Sankey
Sonia Sankey (release name)
Sonia Ferder (name at birth)
Sorrol (Hebrew name)
Ferder (maiden name)
Katarina Katchenko (false name)
Sankiewicz (other name)
Feder (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 3/23/1923
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) observant/practicing
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Vilna (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Magdeburg-Polte (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Stutthof (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)
Riga-Kaiserwald (Latvia : Concentration Camp)
Wilna-Kailis (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Danzig (Danzig (FC) : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Vilna (Poland)
Zeddenick (Germany)
Type of hiding place farms
cellars
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, French
Location of liberation Magdeburg (Prussia, Germany)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
escapes during forced marches
escapes from the ghettos
concealment of Jewish identity
State of Interview NSW
Country of Interview Australia
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 6834
Schiff, Anna
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Anna Schiff
Anna Schiff (release name)
Schiff (current name)
Anna Klempner (name at birth)
Lubicz (last name during war)
Chaya (Hebrew name)
Chayaele (nickname)
Anna Podolska (false name)
Klempner (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 7/15/1918
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (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 barns
barns
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 war crimes trial participants
Other Experiences
State of Interview CA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 33575
Shilkoff, Frances
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Frances Shilkoff
Frances Shilkoff (release name)
Fania Kabran (name at birth)
Frumke (Hebrew name)
Lewaszecosky (false name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 2/15/1926
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Malchow (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Ravensbrück (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Leipzig-Mansfeld (Germany: Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz III-Monowitz (Poland : 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
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 CA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 1:50
Interview Code 2478
Shulman, Bella
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Bella Shulman
Bella Shulman (release name)
Shulman (current name)
Bella Ilin (name at birth)
Ilin (last name during war)
Ilin (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1/26/1937
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar)
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (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 bunkers
stables
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Bialystok (Poland : Voivodship)
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 VIC
Country of Interview Australia
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:30
Interview Code 35750

Sisun, Regina
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Regina Sisun
Regina Sisun (release name)
Riva Krykstansky (name at birth)
Riva (Hebrew name)
Riva Krykstanska (maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 8/20/1927
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) modern orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Malchow (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Ravensbrück (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, Soviet
Location of liberation Malchow (Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 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 NY
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 20862
Sisun, Sidney
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sidney Sisun
Sidney Sisun (release name)
Sidney Sisun (current name)
Sidney Sisun (name at birth)
Sisun (last name during war)
Simcha (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 6/5/1924
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Gleiwitz (Germany : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Mittelbau-Dora (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Wöbbelin (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Auschwitz III-Monowitz (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 Wöbbelin (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 NY
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 20823
Solnicki, Pola
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Pola Solnicki
Pola Solnicki (release name)
Perl (Hebrew name)
Winicky (maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 5/20/1925
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Grodno (Poland)
Bialystok (Poland : Voivodship)
Type of hiding place bunkers
cemeteries
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 concealment of Jewish identity
escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview Capital Federal
Country of Interview Argentina
Language(s) of Interview Spanish
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 16240
Trachtenberg, Leon
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Leon Trachtenberg
Leon Trachtenberg (release name)
Leon Trachtenberg (current name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 8/5/1924
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s)
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Dulkowszczyzna (Poland)
Type of hiding place barns
attics
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Poland
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
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 1:33
Interview Code 2518
Utianski, Mina
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Mina Utianski
Mina Utianski (release name)
Mina Muller (name at birth)
Mina (Hebrew name)
Muller (maiden name)
Muller (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 3/15/1927
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Auschwitz I (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Budy (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Budy (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Pawlowice (Poland)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes during forced marches
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 17402
Vanukevich, Anatolii
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Anatolii Vanukevich
Anatolii Samuilovich Vanukevich (release name)
Anatolii Samuilovich Vanukevich (name at birth)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 12/22/1929
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar)
Religious Identity (Postwar) Atheism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Kattowitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Auschwitz I (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 forests
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, United States
Location of liberation Germany
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes during deportations
concealment of Jewish identity
escapes from the camps
State of Interview
Country of Interview Ukraine
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 32181

Name of Interviewee Phillip Wolikow
Phillip Wolikow (release name)
Fischel Wolikow (name at birth)
Fischel (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1/4/1923
City of Birth Grodno (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 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 liberators
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 9338
Wolikow, Phillip
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Phillip Wolikow
Phillip Wolikow (release name)
Fischel Wolikow (name at birth)
Fischel (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1/4/1923
City of Birth Grodno (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 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 liberators
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 9338
Wolikow, Phillip
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Phillip Wolikow
Phillip Wolikow (release name)
Fischel Wolikow (name at birth)
Fischel (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1/4/1923
City of Birth Grodno (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 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 liberators
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 9338
Yoffh Skorman, Ester
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Ester Yoffh Skorman
´ester Sḳorman Yofeh (release name)
Margolis Ester (maiden name)
Ester Skorman Yoffh (other name)
Margolis (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 3/25/1923
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Grodno (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death 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 Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview Tel Aviv
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 15458
Zbar, Iosif
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Iosif Zbar
Iosif Moiseevich Zbar (release name)
Zbar (current name)
Iosif Moiseevich Zbar (name at birth)
Zbar (last name during war)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1/15/1906
City of Birth Grodno (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) liberal Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) liberal Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lódz (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) (u)Unzhevskie Camps (USSR : Soviet Concentration Camp)
concentration camps, Soviet
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 Yes
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview Hrodzyenskaya
Country of Interview Belarus
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 0:00