- Name
- Isaak Kogan
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 17 Jun. 2010
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Isaak Kogan
- Number
- OH 397
- Subject
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Interview Date
- 17 Jun. 2010
- Quantity
- 1 reference DVD (WAV file); 1 archival DVD (WAV file)
- Interviewer
- Sam Gojonovich
- Total Running Time
- 28:55
- Notes
- Isaak was interviewed as part of the Memory Project event held at Lipa Green on 13 May 2010 in partnership with the Historica Dominion Institute.
- Biography
- Issak served in the Soviet army from 1943 to 1944 with the infantry. He was stationed on the Belarus front.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Geographic Access
- Belarus
- Original Format
- DVD
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-12
- Material Format
- textual record
- textual record (electronic)
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 5 photographs (tiff and jpg) : b&w and col.
- 4 textual records (jpg)
- Date
- 1965-2009
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of records relating to the military career of Mikhail Lakrets. Included are five photograhs of Mikhail in uniform, two of which are attached to military documents detailing Mikhail's injury in the line of duty and his military file. Also included is a certificate of disability and a certificate confirming an official statement that he made about 3811 Jews being murdered in the town where his parents grew up. There are also photocopies of several newsclippings and a letter from the Canadian government relating to Russian veterans and social benefits.
- Custodial History
- The original records are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the Archives for copying as part of the Russian Jewish war veteran oral history program. The orignals were returned to the the donor on 22 November 2010.
- Administrative History
- Mikhail Lakrets was born in Proskurov, Ukraine. He was nineteen years of age when the war began. Lakrets was a private in aviation and reconnaissance and he later graduated from Tank College as a lieutenant. Lakrets was involved in the liberation of Leningrad, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. He received many decorations for his involvement in the liberation of these territories, as well as the Order of Patriotic War First Class, the Order of Red Star, two medals for courage and one medal for combat service.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language note: Records are in Russian.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-11
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-11
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w and sepia (4 tiffs)
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1941-2007
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of records relating to the military career of Grigory Genin. Included are three photographs of Grigory in uniform as well as two photographs of him with his Soviet troop. Also included are copies of newclippings as well as a poem about his experience written by a friend.
- Custodial History
- The original records are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the Archives for copying as part of the Russian Jewish war veteran oral history program.
- The original records were returned to the donor by taxi cab on 22 November 2010.
- Administrative History
- Grigory Genin was born in Astrakhan, in southwestern Russian and later moved to Moscow. After finishing military high school he enrolled in the Riazan Artillery College on 1 June 1941. Genin was first sent to the front at the age of 18 and participated in the Stalingrad siege. For his military service, Genin received the Order of Patriotic War, the Order of Red Star, as well as several medals for the liberation of various territories and for the storming of Vienna and Budapest.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-14
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-14
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 7 textual records (jpgs)
- 4 photographs (tiff and jpgs)
- Date
- 1943-1999
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of electronic copies of documents and photographs related to Isaak Zarembo's military career. The documents include certificates of disability, illness and participation in the war, a discharge booklet, and two booklets that accompanied his medals. The four photographs are of Isaak in his uniform, two of which are attached to documents.
- Custodial History
- The originals are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the Archives for copying and returned to the donor on 22 November 2010 as part of the Russian Jewish war veteran oral history program.
- Administrative History
- Isaak Zarembo was born in 1925 in Riga, Latvia. He was 16 years old when the Second World War began and joined the 43 Guards Latvian Division, 1st Attack Army in 1943 at the age of 20. He began as a private but later became a sergeant. He participated in battles of the Central Front in Latvia, on the river Ivekstve. He was wounded twice and was demobilized in 1945 due to his injuries. Zarembo received the Conspicuous Gallantry medal, the Order of Glory 3rd Class medal and the Order of Patriotic War 1st Class medal.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-9
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- 11 photographs (jpg)
- 1 cm of textual records (jpg)
- Date
- 1933-1985
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and textual records that document Liya's experience in the Soviet Union's military during the Second World War. Included are photographs of Liya with her battalion, the military portraits of her husband, Vladimir Liberova, and portraits of other relatives. Also included are scans of her military identification card, her certificate of injury, credentials for medals that she earned, her discharge certificate, and a document certifying that she was a member of the defense of Leningrad.
- Administrative History
- Liya was born in 1923 in Novozybkov, and later moved to Leningrad. She was drafted in 1942 to serve in the Soviet Union's anti-aircraft battalion. She was in the administration platoon where she was responsible for enforcing (?) blackouts, and searching the ruins for survivors to provide medical assistance. She was demobilized in 1945 and participated in the Victory Parade in Leningrad.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Places
- Soviet Union
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-17
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm and 11 x 9 cm and other material
- Date
- [ca. 1943] - 2010
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs, textual records and military medals and pins that document Iakov's experience serving in the Soviet Union's military during the Second World War. Included is a photograph of Iakov receiving a medal from the Russian Minister of Infrastructure to commemorate the 50th anniversary since the end of the war (1995), a photocopy of a docment certifying that he fought in the war, several thank you cards from the Russian president and the Russian Consulate to commemorate various anniversaries since the end of the war, a certificate documenting the battles Iakov fought in, newspaper clippings of articles written by Iakov about the war, and one photograph of Iakov at the Vaughan Community Center in Toronto with his English language classmates (2000). Also included is one CCCP Red Star pin, one medal to commemorate the 65th anniversary since the end of the war, and one military rank pin.
- Custodial History
- Part of the Russian Jewish War Veterans oral history program.
- Descriptive Notes
- Physical description note: includes 1 folder of textual records, 1 medal and 2 pins.
- Subjects
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-15
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-15
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff)
- 1 cm of textual records (jpg)
- Date
- 1946-2009
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and textual records that document Boris' service in the Soviet Union's military during the Second World War. Included are two military portraits of Boris, letters from the Russian government to commemorate various anniversaries of the military's victory, Boris' Soviet Union travel pass (1990), and Boris' membership renewal booklet for the Association of Second World War Veterans Newkomers from USSR in Israel (1992–2000).
- Administrative History
- Boris was born in Belarus but moved to Israel later in his life. He was fourteen when the Second World War began. He served in Frontier Troops, NKVD (predecessor of KGB). Boris was a student in a military college until 1952. He began his military service as a private soldier but later became an officer. In 1944, he participated in the battles of Eastern Prussia, Latvia, and Belarus. He earned the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal and the Order of Patriotic War, 2nd Class for his war service.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language: Most of the material in Russian.
- Location of originals: The originals are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the archives for copying and returned to the donor on the same day as part of the Russian-Jewish war veteran oral history program.
- Subjects
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- Veterans
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Kravitz, Boris
- Places
- Israel
- Russia
- Soviet Union
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-20
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-20
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs (tiff) : b&w
- Date
- [ca. 1947]-[ca. 1970]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs documenting Zinoviy's experience in the Soviet army. Included are photographs of Zinoviy with his army friends while they were stationed on the Far Eastern Front, images of Zinoviy with the army's gymnastics team in North Korea, and a portrait of Zinoviy that was taken after the Soviet army's demobilization.
- Custodial History
- The original records were loaned to the archives to be copied as part of the Russian Jewish War Veterans oral history program. They were returned to the donor.
- Subjects
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Places
- Korea (North)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-21
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-21
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff)
- 5 cm of texual records (jpg)
- Date
- 1943-2010
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and textual records that document Yakov's experience in the Red Army during the Second World War. Included is a photograph of Yakov in uniform with his family, Yakov's graduation portrait from pharmacy school (1951), and a photograph of Yakov's father (Gregory) in his military uniform, which he sent home from his military base in Lithuania (1944). Also included are various credential cards for medals Yakov received and a letter that was sent to Yakov from Toronto's Russian consulate.
- Administrative History
- When the Seond World War began, Yakov lived in Odessa and assisted the Soviet Union's war effort by digging trenches. His army unit was mobilized in 1943, just after he graduated from military college. After serving for three months, he was wounded in an attack. He recovered from his wounds and went on to fight in northern Donetsk and Dneper. His unit also passed the Kharkov and Poltavskaya regions. After his unit forced the crossing of Dneper, the Khrushchev got involved and transported the army to Kiev, where they were supported by the 209 Armoured Brigade. Here, Yakov's unit sometimes experienced up to twenty bombing and shooting attacks per day. During these attacks, Yakov was wounded twice in his legs. First, a bullet hit his leg and then a mine exploded. He still has shrapnel in his legs from this explosion.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language note: Russian
- Location of originals: The originals are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the archives for copying and returned to the donor the same day as part of the Russian Jewish war veteran oral history program.
- Subjects
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Places
- Soviet Union
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-12-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-12-3
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs (jpg and tiff) : b&w
- Date
- 1925-2005
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of eight digital scans of original photographs belonging to Russian war vet Arkady Novokolsky. The photographs include a portait of Novokolsky in military dress, several photos taken during the Second World War and a family photograph from the 1920s.
- Custodial History
- The original records were loaned to the Archives for copying as part of the Russian Jewish War Veterans oral history program. They were returned to the donor.
- Administrative History
- Arkady Novokolsky was born in 1921 in Voznesensk, Ukraine. He was eighteeen years of age when the Second World War began and when he enlisted in the Military Aviation Navigation school in Krasnodar. He was later diagnosed with colour blindness, a condition which marked him as unfit for military service. However, he was later sent to a military technical school in Moscow and graduated with the rank of Lieutenant. He served in West Belarus as part of the Baranovichi Reconnaissance Party, assigned to process and decipher air photography. In 1944, he was sent to study at the Zhukovsky Military Academy and was then sent to Vilnius, Lithuania where he lived for 37 years until immigrating to Canada in 1981.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-12-4
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs (jpg and tiff) : b&w and col.
- 4 textual records (jpg)
- Date
- 1937-2009
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of digital copies of several photograhps and documents related to the military career and the famiy of Eugene Katz. Included are two photos of Katz in military dress, one family photo, two photos and an accompanying letter about a memorial to his brother Ephraim, a portrait of Katz and his wife Mara and a few scanned copies of commemorative and Russian war medal booklets, which originally accompanied the medals bestowed on Katz.
- Custodial History
- The original records are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the Archives for copying as part of the Russian Jewish War Vet oral history program and were returned to the donor.
- Administrative History
- Eugene (Zalman) Katz was born in Vilnius, Latvia in 1925. He was fifteen years old at the onset of the Second World War and witnessed the destruction of his village, Disna, and the murder of his entire family by the Nazis. Katz was one of only twelve people to escape. He later became a partisan and then enlisted in the Soviet army, participating in battles near Konigsberg and Belarus. He was a machine-gunner in the infantry and artillery and helped halt a number of German attacks, including shooting down two tanks. For his heroism, he was decorated with eighteen medals, including the prestigious Medal for Courage.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Related material note: See vertical file under "Katz, Eugene"
- Subjects
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Guerrillas
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-12-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-12-5
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (jpg and tiff) : col. and sepia
- 2 textual records (jpg)
- Date
- 1942, 2005-2010
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of digital copies of two photographs and two documents related to the military career of Russian war vet, Shlomo Mushkat. The photographs are two portaits of Mushkat in military dress and the documents are a letter detailing his participation in the war as well as a letter from the Ukrainian Embassy on the 65th anniversary of the end of the war.
- Custodial History
- The original records are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the Archives for copying as part of the Russian Jewish War Vet oral history program.
- Administrative History
- Shlomo Zalmanovich Mushkat was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1940, he was drafted into the Soviet Army and a year later he was sent to the front. He was wounded in battle in 1941, but after recuperating in hospital was again sent back to the front. He participated in the battles of Smolensk and Leningrad. He received many medals for liberating Russian territories and cities, inlcuidng the Order of Glory.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-12-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-12-7
- Material Format
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record (jpg)
- Date
- 26 Aug. 1943
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one injury certificate for Russian Jewish war veteran Yaacov Rats. The certificate is dated 26 August 1943, and is in reference to an arm injury caused by a piece of shrapnel.
- Custodial History
- Donor has original record. It was loaned to the Archives to be copied and returned as part of the Russian Jewish War Veterans oral history program.
- Administrative History
- Yakov Lvovich Rats was born in 1923 in Vitebsk, Belarus. At the age of one, his parents moved the family to Leningrad. Rats was drafted into the Russian army on 15 July 1941 and was transported to a military college in Ulianovsk. After college, he was sent to the front and actively served until 1943, when he was wounded by a piece of shrapnel. Rats then served on the home front at a tank college. In 1946, he enrolled in a military tank academy and upon graduation in 1952 he returend to the army until his service retirement in 1966. In 1991, he moved from Leningrad to Israel and then in 2003, he immigrated to Canada.
- Subjects
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-3-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-3-4
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 187 MB
- Date
- May 1945
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one scanned photograph that was taken by Noah of Soviet and likely American soldiers just after the war ended. The soviet soldiers are from a special reconnaisance detachment of the Soviet Cavalry Corp. Some of the Soviet and American soldiers traded hats in a sign of friendship.
- Custodial History
- Record was loaned to the Archives to be copied as part of the Russian Jewish War Veterans oral history program. The original was returned to the donor.
- Administrative History
- Noah Sneidman was born in Vilnius and was placed in a ghetto in occupied Vilnius during the Second World War. While in the ghetto he was forced to participate in boxing matches. He managed to escape from the ghetto in 1943 and joined the partisans.
- Noah served in the Soviet Army for three years and was stationed in Germany, Ukraine and Poland. He was initially a private in a reconnaissance unit, but was later transferred to the Counterintelligence Corps due to his knowledge of five languages. While stationed in Lensen, a small town in East Prussia on the river Elbe, the officers of his unit used his limited knowledge of English to establish contact with the Allies (British and American). For his service in counterintelligence he was later decorated with the Order of the Red Star (a prestigious Soviet decoration, mostly awarded to officers). Other medals awarded to Noah include: Order of Patriotic War second class, Partisan Medal first Class, Medal for Liberation of Kenigsberg and Medal for Victory over Germany, as well as many Commemorative Medals.
- After the war, Noah returned to Vilnius and remained there until 1957 when he left for Poland. In 1958 he immigrated to Canada.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Descriptive Notes
- A copy jpg was created from the tiff image.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-3-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-3-7
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 355 MB
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1941-1945
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one photograph of Eduard Seyder in military uniform that was taken between 1944 and 1945, and one Russian-German dictionary that was printed in Moscow to help soldiers interrogate German prisoners of war.
- Custodial History
- Photograph was scanned and returned to donor.
- Part of the Russian Jewish War Veterans oral history program.
- Administrative History
- Eduard Seyder was born in Odessa in 1926. He enlisted as a volunteer in the Russian military as a (sub) machine-gunner in December 1943 and participated in the 3rd Belarusian Front. His detachment pursued, disarmed and captured Germans who were retreating. His company consisted of 120 men, but only 32 survived over 2 months. He later fought near Kenigsberg, East Prussia, in Signals Regiment.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Descriptive Notes
- A copy jpg was created from the tiff image.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-3-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-3-6
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs (electronic) : b&w and col. ; 28 MB
- 3 textual records (electronic) ; 13 MB
- Date
- 1945-2010
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of electronic copies of photographs and textual records related to the Vesyoly's service with the Soviet army during the Second World War. There are also photocopies of a newspaper article and other documents detailing their military service attached to the accesssion form.
- Administrative History
- Yeugeny was born in Gomel Region, Belarus. He moved to Canada in 1981 with his wife, Sima. At the start of the Second World War, Sima was working in a hospital in Belarus as a civilian. She was drafted in 1943 at the age of nineteen and went to the Third Belarusian Front and served in Berlin and both North and South Korea as a nurse to Japanese prisoners.
- Yuegeny was eighteen years of age at the start of the war and served in the air force in the Normandy Regiment and at the Ukrainian Front. He worked as a mechanic on the planes returning from battle. After the end of the war, Stalin sold the Soviet planes to the Chinese and Yeugeny tought their pilots how to operate them. He served for twenty-five years in the Soviet military.
- Subjects
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-3-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-3-3
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs (electronic) : b&w and col. ; 90 MB
- Date
- 1950-2010
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of eight electronic copies of original photographs of Avgust Vikhnina. The photos relate to his career in the Soviet military during the Second World War. The photographs consist of one portrait of Avgust in military dress, several snapshots taken at a Moscow parade in commemoration of the sixty-fifth anniversary of the end of the war, as well as snapshots taken at the Russian Embassy in Ottawa.
- Custodial History
- Photographs were loaned for copying as part of the Russian Jewish War Veterans oral history project. Originals were returned to donor.
- Administrative History
- Avgust Vikhnina was born in Kharkov, in 1926. He was 15 when the war began and was drafted in 1943. Vikhnina served in the Artillery and fought in the Ukraine, Pribaltika and Prussia. He was decorated with the Order of Patriotic War First Class, the Medal for Valour, and the Medal for Combat Merits.
- Subjects
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-3-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-3-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- 2 photographs (electronic) ; b&w ; 13 MB
- Date
- 1943-1945
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of four copy photographs printed on printer paper, as well as two digital photos scanned from original images. The photos are of Alexei in military dress as well as his brother and sister-in-law, Simion and Maria Shtern.
- Custodial History
- Digital images scanned from originals loaned as part of the Russian Jewish War Veteran oral history project. Originals were returned to donor.
- Administrative History
- Alexei Shtern was born in Odessa in 1922. He was eighteen years old at the outbreak of the Second World War and served as a Sergeant Major in the Soviet Tank Troops. He was wounded in the Battle of Stalingrad and was sent to hospital in Ufa. He was later staioned in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and from there, Shtern was sent to a tank building plant in Nizhniy Tagil. He participated in the battles of Rzhev, on the Second Belarusian Front and on the Third Belarusian Front, which went on to liberate Riga, East Germany and Kaliningrad. There he was again wounded and stayed two months in hosptial before being wounded again in Danzig at the end of the War in Europe. Shtern went on to fight in Japan until the surrender in August 1945 effectively ended the Second World War. He returned to Zagorsk, near Moscow, and participated in the Victory Parade.
- In January 1946, Shtern was sent home to Odessa where he found his home in ruins. He went to a family cottage closeby and was reunited with his three borthers. In total, Shtern served for 11 years in the Soviet military before being demobilized in 1953. He moved to Canada in 1987 from Brooklyn, New York.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-3-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-3-10
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs (jpgs) : b&w ; 1.06 MB
- Date
- 1939-1961
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of electronic copy photographs of Iosif Zibenberg. Three photographs are of Iosif with fellow Russian servicemen, one is with his brother Yaacov, and one is of Iosif and his wife and son visiting his brother's grave and monument in the Ukraine.
- Photo captions:
- 001. Left to right: unidentified, Iosif Zibenberg, Vasia Ulianov. Taken in Germany, 1945.
- 002. Left to right: Iosif Zibenberg, Vasia Ulianov, unidentified man. Taken in Germany, 1945.
- 003. Iosif with wife Clara and son Yaacov visiting the monument and grave of his brother, Yaacov, Kielce, Ukraine, 1961.
- 004. Iosif with brother Yaacov (age 17 and 19 years), 1939.
- 005. Iosif and Vasia Ulianov in Hungary, 1945.
- Custodial History
- The photographs were loaned to the OJA by the donor for copying as part of the Russian Jewish War Veterans initiative. They were returned to the donor the same day.
- Administrative History
- Iosif Zibenberg was born in Falest, Moldova in 1922. He was 19 years old when the Second World War began and was mobilized in 1941, fighting in the battle of Stalingrad. He was in Kursk, Prohorovka and then Poland when the war ended. He participated in the release of Prague and was then demobilized in Germany in 1946. Iosif received many military awards for his participation. He has a wife Clara and a son Yaacov, named after his deceased brother.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- USE CONDITION NOTE: Copyright for photos 001, 002, 004, 005 are in the public domain. Permission for use is not required. Please credit the OJA as the source of the photograph.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-4-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-4-9
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs (tiff) : col. and b&w
- Date
- 1944-2008
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs documenting Isaak Kogan's participation in the Russian military during the Second World War. Included are two photographs of Isaak at the Moscow hospital where soldiers were being treated for wounds to their legs and heads. One photograph is a portrait taken of Isaak while he was being treated here (16 Aug. 1944) and the other shows his father, also named Isaak and a captain who served in Berlin, visiting him on 14 August 1944. There is also one photograph of Isaak standing with his father and cousin Zachar Mendelson (served as an officer in the Soviet army) in Kiev just after the war ended on December 25,1946.
- Accession also consists of one portrait of Isaak that was taken in Toronto on the sixtieth anniversay of the end of the war (2005), and one group portrait of Isaak with other Russian veterans who live in his apartment building at 6101 Bathurst Street (2008). Identified in the photograph is: (back row left to right) Vladimir (?) (a partisan during the war), Lev Pikus (partisan), Isaak Kogan, and (?). Bottom row (left to right): Anna Khaliavskaya, Mrs. Lev Pikus, and Sophia (?). This photograph currently hangs in the building's recreation room.
- Custodial History
- Records were loaned to the Archives for copying as part of the Russian Jewish War Veterans oral history program. The originals were returned to the donor.
- Administrative History
- Isaak Kogan was born in 1926 in Ukraine. He was fifteen when the war began, and was evacuated to Cheliabink, Ural. In 1943, he was drafted to the Belarusian Front. He served in the infantry as a submachine gunner. During a hard fight for the village of Butino, he was wounded in both legs and the fragments still remain in his legs today. He was injured two more times during the war and was demobilized in 1944. He currently lives in Toronto with his wife.
- Subjects
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Source
- Archival Accessions
