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  1. Josef Rosensaft

    Josef Rosensaft (January 15, 1911 - September 11, 1975) was a Holocaust survivor who led the community of Jewish displaced persons (Sh'erit ha-Pletah) through the establishment of a Central Committee of Liberated Jews that first served the interests of the refugees in Bergen-Belsen DP camp and then DP camps throughout the entire British sector.

  2. ИСААК АБОВИЧ БОРИНСКИЙ

    1913-1995

    И. А. Боринский родился в г. Одессе 29 марта 1913 г. Участник Великой Отечественной войны, кавалер 4 орденов и 13 советских и болгарских медалей, прошел путь от командира взвода до начальника штаба 46 гвардейской артиллерийской бригады. Участник освобождения Болгарии. Был назначен первым комендантом Пловдива (Болгария) после освобождения города от немецких захватчиков. Был председателем Совета ветеранов войны, поддерживал связи с клубами интернациональной дружбы городов и сел Болгарии.

  3. СТЕПАН НИКОЛАЕВИЧ РУЗАНКИН

    1905-1992

    С. Н. Рузанкин родился в 1905 г. в г. Ардатове (сейчас – Мордовская республика Российской федерации). С 23 июля 1941 г. в действующей армии на должности командира взвода 273-го батальона связи 21 Приволжской армии. В сентябре 1941 г. был взят в плен и находился в немецких концлагерях. Кавалер ордена Отечественной войны ІІ степени.

  5. РОМАН АЛЕКСЕЕВИЧ ШУВАЛОВ

    Полковник запаса Советской армии. Известный одесский краевед – специалист в области поисковой работы по вопросам установления мест погребений участников Второй мировой войны, событий военной истории. Автор многих изданий из истории Одессы.

  6. Prefectura Județului Odessa

    • Префектура Одеського повіту, м. Одеса
    • Prefectura of Odessa County, city of Odessa

    These were county organs of Romanian executive power that functioned from 1941-44 in the occupied territory included in the newly-created Governorate of Transnistria; they were headed by prefects subordinate to the civilian governor of Transnistria, and in turn held jurisdiction over district preturas, village and city primarias, and other institutions located within their respective counties, including gendarmeries and police departments.

  7. Prefectura Județului Ovidiopol

    • Префектура Овідіопольського повіту, м. Овідіополь
    • Prefectura of the Ovidiopol County, town of Ovidiopol

    These were county organs of Romanian executive power that functioned from 1941-44 in the occupied territory included in the newly-created Governorate of Transnistria ; they were headed by prefects subordinate to the civilian governor of Transnistria, and in turn held jurisdiction over district preturas , village and city primarias , and other institutions located within their respective counties, including gendarmeries and police departments.

  8. Державний архів Одеської області

    • State Archive of Odessa Oblast

  9. Народен съд в България

    • Peapole's court in Bulgary
    • Narodem Sad, Bulgaria

    The Seventh Panel of the People's Court dealt with accusations against those who had been responsible for the anti-Jewish policy during the war and its implementation.

  10. Israel Police

  11. Joodse Raad voor Friesland

    • Joodse Raad Friesland

    The Friesland Joodse Raad representatives were the Chief Rabbi, Rabbi A. S. Levinson and Attorney M. Troostwik. Rabbi Levinson was deported, and perished in Bergen-Belsen. Attorney Troostwijk escaped and went into hiding in August 1943.

  12. Leyb Koniuchowsky

    • Leib Koniuchowsky

    Leyb Koniuchowsky was born in Lithuania on 18 November 1910. An engineer by profession, he resided in Kaunas (Kovno). During the German occupation he lived in the Kaunas Ghetto and worked there until his escape. He found shelter in a bunker at a farmer's home where he remained until the liberation of Lithuania by the Red Army in 1944. From 1944-46, he wandered through the war battered towns of Lithuania, collecting testimonies from the few Jews that survived. The testimonies focus on the extermination of the Jews and the destruction of the local towns and villages. Koniuchowsky was meticulo...

  13. Комісія по розслідуванню злочинів німецько-фашистських загарбників на території Каховського району при виконкомі Каховської районної ради депутатів трудящих, м. Каховка

    • Commission to Investigate the Crimes of the German-Fascist Invaders in the Territory of the Kakhovka Rayon at the Executive Committee of the Kakhovka Rayon Council of Toilers’ Deputies, town of Kakhovka

    These entities were established in 1943-44 pursuant to an edict (2 November 1942) of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR. The regional commission was in charge of the city and district extraordinary state commissions and in turn was subordinate to Ukraine’s republic-level Extraordinary State Commission, and included representatives of the public prosecutor’s office and investigative organs, medical experts, representatives of public organizations, and Soviet and party workers. The extraordinary state commissions were tasked with investigating the criminal activities of the occu...

  14. Комісія по розслідуванню злочинів німецько-фашистських загарбників на території Чаплинського району при виконкомі Чаплинської районної ради депутатів трудящих, с. Чаплинка

    • Commission to Investigate the Crimes of the German-Fascist Invaders in the Territory of the Chaplynka Rayon at the Executive Committee of the Chaplynka Rayon Council of Toilers’ Deputies, Chaplynka village

    These entities were established in 1943-44 pursuant to an edict (2 November 1942) of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR. The regional commission was in charge of the city and district extraordinary state commissions and in turn was subordinate to Ukraine’s republic-level Extraordinary State Commission, and included representatives of the public prosecutor’s office and investigative organs, medical experts, representatives of public organizations, and Soviet and party workers. The extraordinary state commissions were tasked with investigating the criminal activities of the occu...

  15. Державний архів Херсонської області

    • State Archives of Kherson Oblast

  18. Благодатнівська районна управа, с. Благодатне

    • Blahodatne Rayon Administration, Blahodatne village

  19. Honvédelmi Minisztérium

    • Hungarian Ministry of Defense

  20. US National Archives