Lida: survivors born in Lida who gave Testimony to the Shoah Foundation; 30 Records Found
IntCode Name Language
3468 Barzach, Elise English
17777 Basist, Haim Hebrew
33864 Bedzow, Benjamin English
12649 Berkowitz, Miriam English
42582 Betkowska-Krata, Lucyna Polish
24132 Ginsburg, Judith English
24412 Goldfischer, Bella English
43380 Ḥolavsḳi, Shalom Hebrew
24271 Johnson, Leah English
9710 Klenicki, Samuel English
28943 Kuszelewicz, Joseph French
20801 Lapidus, Ruth English
31502 Manski, Icchak Portuguese
30447 Manski, Moshe Portuguese
13573 Moll, William English
24082 Monka, Ann English
48001 Poliachek, Solomon Russian
12513 Powell, Eva English
22942 Romejko-Jankowska, Janina Polish
35796 Sawitsky, Zila Hebrew
26755 Sa`ar, Yosef Hebrew
45481 Shemu´elevits, Ninah Neḥamah Hebrew
1793 Sokolowski, Jona English
1794 Sokolowski, Ruth English
23405 Stoll, Michael English
1053 Szpiro, Genia English
3987 Terris, Helen English
39622 Yofan, Tsilah Hebrew
36008 Yungman, Miryam Hebrew
25385 ´eṭinger, Liza Hebrew
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Name of Interviewee Elise Barzach
Elise Barzach (release name)
Leah (Hebrew name)
Jarmowski (maiden name)
Barzach-Tenenbaum (other name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 4/3/1913
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Lida (Poland)
Type of hiding place barns
buildings
Resistance Group(s) Iskra Otriad
(u)Orel Otriad
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Nowogródek (Poland : Voivodship)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview NSW
Country of Interview Australia
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 3468

Basist, Haim
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Haim Basist
Haim Basist (release name)
Ḥayim Basisṭ (current name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 8/25/1927
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
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) resistance groups
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Naliboki Forest (Poland)
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 Central
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 17777

Bedzow, Benjamin
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Benjamin Bedzow
Benjamin Bedzow (release name)
Benjamin Bedzow (current name)
Benjamin Bedzowsky (name at birth)
Bedzowsky (last name during war)
Benny (nickname)
Benji (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 11/11/1933
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Nowogródek (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
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
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 2:00
Interview Code 33864

Berkowitz, Miriam
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Miriam Berkowitz
Miriam Berkowitz (release name)
Michla Matlowski (name at birth)
Michla (Hebrew name)
Matlowski (maiden name)
Werchinski (false name)
Matlowski (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 12/6/1923
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Radun (Poland: Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Nowogródek (Poland : Voivodship)
Type of hiding place forests
Resistance Group(s) resistance groups, Soviet
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from the ghettos
displaced persons camps
concealment of Jewish identity
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 12649

Betkowska-Krata, Lucyna
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Lucyna Betkowska-Krata
Lucyna Betkowska-Krata (release name)
Betkowska-Krata (current name)
Lea-Lucyna Lewinson (name at birth)
Lucyna Betkowska (last name during war)
Lea (Hebrew name)
Lucyna (other name)
Betkowska (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 4/2/1939
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar)
Religious Identity (Postwar) Catholic
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Chelmoniec (Poland)
Type of hiding place houses
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Chelmoniec (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
escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview
Country of Interview Poland
Language(s) of Interview Polish
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 42582
´eṭinger, Liza
Jewish Survivor
Question

Answer
Name of Interviewee

Lizah ´eṭinger
Lizah ´eṭinger (release name)
Lizah ´eṭinger (current name)
Lizah Slonimchiḳ (name at birth)
Liza Etinger (other name)
Liza Slonimczyk (other name)
Lizah Slonimchiḳ (release maiden name)
Gender

Female
Date of Birth

2/28/1919
City of Birth

Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth

Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar)

traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)


Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)


Ghetto(s)

Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)


Went into Hiding

Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s)

Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)

Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Type of hiding place

bunkers
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

war crimes trial participants
Other Experiences

escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview

Southern
Country of Interview

Israel
Language(s) of Interview

Hebrew
Length of Interview

2:30
Interview Code

25385

Ginsburg, Judith
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Judith Ginsburg
Judith Ginsburg (release name)
(current name)
Judis Koszczanska (name at birth)
Yehudit (Hebrew name)
Koszczanska (maiden name)
Koszczanska (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1/6/1925
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (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) resistance groups, Soviet
Bielski Partisans
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Poland
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 FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 24132
Goldfischer, Bella
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Bella Goldfischer
Bella Goldfischer (release name)
Goldfischer (current name)
Beila Stolowicka (name at birth)
Stolowicka (last name during war)
Stolowicki (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 3/15/1925
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
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
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant war crimes trial participants
Other Experiences
State of Interview NY
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:30
Interview Code 24412

Ḥolavsḳi, Shalom
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Shalom Ḥolavsḳi
Shalom Ḥolavsḳi (release name)
Shalom Cholawski (current name)
Shalom Cholawski (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 9/26/1914
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) liberal Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Nieswiez (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
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) Zhukov Otriad
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Minsk (Belorussia, USSR : Oblast)
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 Northern
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 4:30
Interview Code 43380
Johnson, Leah
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Leah Johnson
Leah Johnson (release name)
Leah Johnson (current name)
Leah Bedzowski (name at birth)
Leah (Hebrew name)
Lilke (nickname)
Janson (other name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 9/10/1923
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) modern orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
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) 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 displaced persons camps
displaced persons camps
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 24271

Klenicki, Samuel
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Samuel Klenicki
Samuel Klenicki (release name)
Shuemle (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 11/25/1921
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s)
Camp(s) concentration camps, Soviet
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
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 9710
Kuszelewicz, Joseph
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Joseph Kuszelewicz
Joseph Kuszelewicz (release name)
Joseph (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 9/2/1926
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Karaganda (Kazakhstan, USSR : Soviet 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) Bielski Partisans
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Naliboki Forest (Poland)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview Paris
Country of Interview France
Language(s) of Interview French
Yiddish
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 28943

Lapidus, Ruth
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Ruth Lapidus
Ruth Lapidus (release name)
Ruth Jacob Lapidus (current name)
Riva* Novoprudska (name at birth)
Novoprudska (other name)
Nowoprucka (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 10/18/1925
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) non-observant/non-practicing
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Nacza Forest (Poland)
Lipiczany Forest (Poland)
Naliboki Forest (Poland)
Type of hiding place forests
forests
forests
Resistance Group(s) resistance groups
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 war crimes trial participants
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview NY
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 20801
Manski, Icchak
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Icchak Manski
Icchak Manski (release name)
Manski (current name)
Isaac Manski (other name)
Itcke Der Polimioczik (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 12/22/1922
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
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) Atlas Otriad
Orlianskii Otriad
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Ostryna (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
displaced persons camps
State of Interview São Paulo
Country of Interview Brazil
Language(s) of Interview Portuguese
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 31502

Manski, Moshe
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Moshe Manski
Moshe Manski (release name)
Misza Manski (current name)
Moshe Manski (name at birth)
Moshe (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 4/30/1924
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) observant/practicing
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding
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
Iskra Otriad
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Naliboki (Nowogródek, Poland)(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
State of Interview São Paulo
Country of Interview Brazil
Language(s) of Interview Portuguese
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 30447

Moll, William
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee William Moll
William Moll (release name)
Velvel Molczadski (name at birth)
Zev (Hebrew name)
Vladek (false name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 8/8/1930
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Nowogródek (Poland : Voivodship)
Type of hiding place farms
Resistance Group(s) Bielski Partisans
Liberated by
Location of liberation Nowogródek (Poland : Voivodship)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from the ghettos
displaced persons camps
evasion of roundups
State of Interview ON
Country of Interview Canada
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:30
Interview Code 13573
Monka, Ann
Jewish Survivor
Question

Answer
Name of Interviewee

Ann Monka
Ann Monka (release name)
Monka (current name)
Chana Stolowicka (name at birth)
Hannah Stolowitzka (name at birth)
Stolowitzka (last name during war)
Tsutkele (nickname)
Stolovitsky (other name)
Stolowitzka (other name)
Stolowitzka (release maiden name)
Gender

Female
Date of Birth

8/27/1929
City of Birth

Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth

Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar)

conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)

traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)


Ghetto(s)

Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)


Went into Hiding

Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s)

Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)

Lida (Poland)
Nowogródek (Poland : Voivodship)
Type of hiding place

attics
forests
Resistance Group(s)

Bielski Partisans
Liberated by

armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation

Nowogródek (Poland : Voivodship)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory


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

NJ
Country of Interview

U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview

English
Length of Interview

3:30
Interview Code

24082

Poliachek, Solomon
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Solomon Poliachek
Solomon Rubinovich Poliachek (release name)
Poliachek (current name)
Solomon Rubinovich Poliachek (name at birth)
Poliachek (last name during war)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 6/16/1927
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Hasidism
Religious Identity (Postwar) non-observant/non-practicing
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Wasiliszki (Poland : Ghetto)
Szczuczyn (Nowogródek, 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) Nowogródek (Poland : Voivodship)
Bialystok (Poland : Voivodship)
Type of hiding place forests
houses
forests
Resistance Group(s) Iskra Otriad
Lenin Brigades
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant liberators
Other Experiences escapes from mass shootings
evasion of roundups
concealment of Jewish identity
escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview Tel Aviv
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 5:30
Interview Code 48001
Powell, Eva
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Eva Powell
Eva Powell (release name)
Salomon (name at birth)
Chava (Hebrew name)
Salomon (maiden name)
Salomon (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 11/1/1925
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) non-observant/non-practicing
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Cracow (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Krakau-Plaszow (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Malchow (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Wieliczka (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Leipzig-Mansfeld (Germany: Concentration Camp)
Ravensbrück (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Gohlis (Saxony, Germany)(generic)
Type of hiding place barns
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Gohlis (Saxony, Germany)(generic)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
escapes during forced marches
State of Interview NY
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:30
Interview Code 12513

Romejko-Jankowska, Janina
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Janina Romejko-Jankowska
Janina Romejko-Jankowska (release name)
Grynszpan (maiden name)
Agata (false name)
Lidia (other name)
Romejko (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 8/29/1924
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Hasidism
Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Nowogródek (Poland : Voivodship)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s) Armia Krajowa
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 prisons
concealment of Jewish identity
State of Interview
Country of Interview Poland
Language(s) of Interview Polish
Length of Interview 1:00
Interview Code 22942
Sawitsky, Zila
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Zila Sawitsky
Tsilah Savitsḳi (release name)
Zila Lewin Sawitsky (other name)
Leṿin (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 7/28/1922
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Lublin (Poland : Voivodship)
Dereczyn (Nowogródek, Poland)
Type of hiding place houses
Resistance Group(s) Bielski Partisans
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation 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 escapes during deportations
displaced persons camps
State of Interview Tel Aviv
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 35796

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Sa`ar, Yosef
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Yosef Sa`ar
Yosef Sa`ar (release name)
Yosi Sa`ar (current name)
Fabrikant (other name)
Yosef Saar (other name)
Fabriḳanṭ (release maiden name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 4/12/1938
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Nowogródek (Poland : Voivodship)
Type of hiding place swamps
forests
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Nowogródek (Poland : Voivodship)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview Southern
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 26755
Shemu´elevits, Ninah Neḥamah
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Ninah Neḥamah Shemu´elevits
Ninah Neḥamah Shemu´elevits (release name)
Shemu´elevits (current name)
Shemu´elevits (name at birth)
Neḥamḳeh (nickname)
Nina Vybornaia Vasil'evna (false name)
Nina Nehama Shmuelevitz (other name)
(release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 9/25/1924
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) liberal 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) Poland
USSR
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s) resistance groups
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 concealment of Jewish identity
State of Interview Northern
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 45481

Sokolowski, Jona
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Jona Sokolowski
Jona Sokolowski (release name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 7/7/1915
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding
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
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 2:00
Interview Code 1793
Sokolowski, Ruth
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Ruth Sokolowski
Ruth Sokolowski (release name)
Ruth (Hebrew name)
Jezerski (maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 12/25/1920
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding
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
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 1:35
Interview Code 1794
Stoll, Michael
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Michael Stoll
Michael Stoll (release name)
Stoll (current name)
Michael Stolowicki (name at birth)
Stolowicki (last name during war)
Michl (Hebrew name)
Mike (nickname)
Misha (nickname)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 2/21/1926
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) conservative Judaism
Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
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)
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 aid givers
Other Experiences
State of Interview NY
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 5:00
Interview Code 23405
Szpiro, Genia
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Genia Szpiro
Genia Szpiro (release name)
Zalkind (name at birth)
Zalkind (maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 12/20/1906
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
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) Lida (Poland)
Shanghai (China)
Type of hiding place houses
houses
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, United States
Location of liberation Shanghai (China)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory Yes
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences concealment of Jewish identity
State of Interview NY
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:03
Interview Code 1053
Terris, Helen
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Helen Terris
Helen Terris (release name)
Elinka Cyderowicz (name at birth)
(maiden name)
Rosenbaum (other name)
Cyderowicz (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 9/8/1935
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) observant/practicing
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Lida (Poland)
Nowogródek (Poland : Voivodship)
Type of hiding place farms
forests
Resistance Group(s) Bielski Partisans
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Nowogródek (Poland : Voivodship)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from the ghettos
displaced persons camps
evasion of roundups
concealment of Jewish identity
State of Interview NJ
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 3987
Yofan, Tsilah
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Tsilah Yofan
Tsilah Yofan (release name)
Tsilah Yofan (current name)
Tsilah Dvoretsḳi (name at birth)
Chernah (other name)
Dworezky (other name)
Cyla Yoffan (other name)
Dvoretsḳi (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 7/27/1930
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Iwje (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Berezno (Poland)
Type of hiding place bunkers
forests
Resistance Group(s) Bielski Partisans
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation 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
prisons
State of Interview Tel Aviv
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 3:30
Interview Code 39622
Yungman, Miryam
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Miryam Yungman
Miryam Yungman (release name)
Miryam Slonimchiḳ (name at birth)
Miryam (Hebrew name)
Slonimchiḳ (maiden name)
Slonimczyk (other name)
Miriam Jungman (other name)
Slonimchiḳ (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 12/18/1924
City of Birth Lida (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Lida (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Lida (Poland)
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
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview Northern
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Yiddish
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 36008