--Berkner, Galina
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Galina Berkner
Galina Iosifovna Berkner (release name)
Golda Iosifovna Berkner (current name)
Galina Kamenetskaia (name at birth)
Kamenetskaia (last name during war)
Kamenetskaia (maiden name)
Kamenetskaia (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth
City of Birth Slonim (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Atheism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Atheism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Slonim (Poland : Ghetto)
Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Slonim (Poland)
Type of hiding place other type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s) Brigada Kalinovskogo
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 evasion of roundups
escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview
Country of Interview Russia
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 29109

Berman, Norbert
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Norbert Berman
Norbert Berman (release name)
Berman (current name)
Natek Berman (name at birth)
Berman (last name during war)
Nachum (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1/1/1915
City of Birth Slonim (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) liberal Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Radom (Poland : Ghetto)
Warsaw (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Majdanek (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Skarzysko-Kamienna (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Vaihingen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Lublin (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Radom-Szkolna (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Warsaw (Poland)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, French
Location of liberation Vaihingen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from the ghettos
displaced persons camps
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 44248
Bobrovitskaia, Tsiliia
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Tsiliia Bobrovitskaia
Tsiliia Girshevna Bobrovitskaia (release name)
Kokoshitskaia (maiden name)
Kokoshitskaia (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1/5/1923
City of Birth Slonim (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar)
Religious Identity (Postwar)
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
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview CA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 38297
Kinori, Tsilah
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Tsilah Kinori
Tsilah Kinori (release name)
Ḳonitsah ´alberṭinsḳi (name at birth)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 9/12/1922
City of Birth Slonim (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Bialystok (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Majdanek (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Leipzig (Germany : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Ravensbrück (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Malchow (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Blizyn (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 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 Jerusalem
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 22398
Krashinsky, Simon
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Simon Krashinsky
Simon Krashinsky (release name)
Shloma (Hebrew name)
Solomon Karashinsky (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 3/20/1921
City of Birth Slonim (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Pruzana (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Gross Rosen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Flossenbürg (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
(u)Linenberg (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Mühldorf (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 Munich (Germany)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview ON
Country of Interview Canada
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 6506
Kuznetz, Arline
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Arline Kuznetz
Arline Kuznetz (release name)
Chana Goszkowicz (name at birth)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 2/1/1924
City of Birth Slonim (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
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
Other Experiences
State of Interview NY
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 1:42
Interview Code 502
Milkow, Israel
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Israel Milkow
Israel Milkow (release name)
Yisrael (Hebrew name)
Izzy (nickname)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 2/15/1937
City of Birth Slonim (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) non-observant/non-practicing
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)
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
orphanages and children's homes
State of Interview MA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 22694
Osak, Sarah
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sarah Osak
Sarah Osak (release name)
Osak (current name)
Sarah Snowska (name at birth)
Snowska (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 5/6/1917
City of Birth Slonim (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox 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) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Slonim (Poland)
Slonim (Poland)
Type of hiding place bunkers
houses
Resistance Group(s) resistance groups, Soviet
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Slonim (Poland)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview NJ
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview
Pinchanski, Raisel
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Raisel Pinchanski
Raisel Pinchanski (release name)
Raisel (Hebrew name)
Raisel Binderovska Schloviska (maiden name)
Binderovska (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 12/15/1915
City of Birth Slonim (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Slonim (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Polesie (Poland : Voivodship)
Volch'ia Gora (Belorussia, USSR)
Type of hiding place forests
forests
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Polesie (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 San José
Country of Interview Costa Rica
Language(s) of Interview Spanish
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 22807
Polonsky, Jonas
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Jonas Polonsky
Jonas Polonsky (release name)
Jonas Polonsky (current name)
Jonas Polonsky (name at birth)
Polonski (last name during war)
Yonah Polonsky (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 5/5/1910
City of Birth Slonim (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Pruzana (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Dachau (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Ampfing-Waldlager V und VI (Germany : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Gross Rosen (Germany : Concentration 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)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, United States
Location of liberation Bavaria (Germany : State)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches Yes
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview NJ
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 27726
Resnick, Irwin
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Irwin Resnick
Irwin Resnick (release name)
Reznick (current name)
Irwin Resnick (name at birth)
Yitzach Reznik (name at birth)
Reznik (last name during war)
Asak-Izak-Issac (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1/3/1911
City of Birth Slonim (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s)
Camp(s) Wolkowysk (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Bialystok (Poland : Voivodship)
Type of hiding place barns
barns
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 aid givers
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
escapes from the camps
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 26477
Rosenberg, Chana
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Chana Rosenberg
ḥanah Rozenberg (release name)
Chana Rosenberg (current name)
Alpert (name at birth)
´alpert (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 12/1/1926
City of Birth Slonim (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Slonim (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Slonim (Poland)
Type of hiding place attics
forests
Resistance Group(s) Otriad imeni Shchorsa
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Polesie (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
evasion of roundups
State of Interview Haifa
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 38982
Rubin, Rita
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Rita Rubin
Rita Rubin (release name)
Raja Szepetynska (name at birth)
Raja Szepetynska (maiden name)
Raisa* Isakovna* Shepetinskaia* (other name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 7/15/1928
City of Birth Slonim (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Slonim (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Slonim (Poland : Ghetto)
Nowogródek (Poland : Voivodship)
Type of hiding place forests
Resistance Group(s) (u)51st Brigade
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Polesie (Poland : Voivodship)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory Yes
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from the ghettos
displaced persons camps
State of Interview FL
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 1:49
Interview Code 1382
Seigel, Jerry
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Jerry Seigel
Jerry Seigel (release name)
Gerszon Segal (name at birth)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 10/7/1926
City of Birth Slonim (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Slonim (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
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
displaced persons camps
State of Interview ON
Country of Interview Canada
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 8475
Shapsai, Evsei
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Evsei Shapsai
Evsei Zeminovich Shapsai (release name)
Mikhail (false name)
Shie (other name)
Evsei Shapsai (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 6/16/1924
City of Birth Slonim (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) non-observant/non-practicing
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Slonim (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s) Slonim (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s) Shchors Brigade
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from Aktionen
escapes from the camps
escapes from mass shootings
State of Interview Jerusalem
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 7572
Shefeṭ-Shepṭinsḳi, Tsvi
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Tsvi Shefeṭ-Shepṭinsḳi
Tsvi Shefeṭ-Shepṭinsḳi (release name)
Zvi Shefeṭ (current name)
Hershel Tsvi Shepṭinsḳi (name at birth)
Grisza (other name)
Zvi Shefet-Shepetinski (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 4/20/1925
City of Birth Slonim (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Slonim (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding No
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Slonim (Poland)
Type of hiding place forests
Resistance Group(s) Otriad imeni Shchorsa
Otriad Vasil'eva
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Pinsk (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 Tel Aviv
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 4:00
Interview Code 20110
Shepṭinsḳi, Ya`aḳov
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Ya`aḳov Shepṭinsḳi
Ya`aḳov Shepṭinsḳi (release name)
Ya`aḳov Shepṭinsḳi (current name)
Ya`aḳov Yashah (name at birth)
Yashah (other name)
Jacob Shepetinski (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 11/20/1920
City of Birth Slonim (Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) observant/practicing
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Slonim (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Slonim (Poland)
Type of hiding place forests
Resistance Group(s) resistance groups, Jewish
resistance groups
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview Tel Aviv
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 3:30
Interview Code 26826
Specktor, Sonia
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sonia Specktor
Sonia Specktor (release name)
Specktor (current name)
Sara Yoselewicz (name at birth)
Krystina Laskowska (last name during war)
Krystina Laskowska (false name)
Sonia (other name)
Sara Lewin (other name)
Sara Specktor (other name)
Yoselewicz (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 4/15/1915
City of Birth Slonim (Poland)
Country of Birth Russia/Soviet Russia
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Warsaw (Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Warsaw (Poland)
Neustettin (Germany)
Skorosze (Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Skorosze (Warsaw, Warsaw, 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 VIC
Country of Interview Australia
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 19019