Oral history interview with Yakov Magelnitzkiy
Extent and Medium
4 videocassettes (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Biographical History
Nathan Beyrak, project director for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Oral History Branch, coordinated the interview with Ya'akov Magelnitzki on August 2, 1995. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview in September 1995.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Interviews conducted in association with the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University and with the participation of Beit Lohamei Haghetaot in Israel.
Funding Note: The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Restrictions on use. Restrictions may exist. Contact the Museum for further information: reference@ushmm.org
People
- Magelnitzkiy, Yakov.
- Yakov Magelnitzkiy
Corporate Bodies
- Red Army (Soviet Union)
Subjects
- Vitsebsk (Belarus)
- Men--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Belarus--History--1917-1991.
- Opochka (Russia)
- Belarus--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Juvenile.
- Soviet Union.
- Child guerrillas--Soviet Union.
- Guerrillas--Soviet Union.
- Holocaust survivors--Belarus.
- Jews--Social life and customs.
- Escapes.
- Jewish ghettos--Belarus--Shumilino.
- Shumilino (Belarus)
- Jews--Belarus--Vitsebsk.
Genre
- Oral History