Soviet Survivors

The story of collective farmer Polina Serdiuk about life before the occupation, the arrival of the Germans in the village, and fellow villagers' attitude toward them. Serdiuk recalls the celebration…

The story of a collective farmer from the village of Dikanka, Poltava region, Priiska Gordievskaia, about the destruction in the village during the war and the German retreat, the shooting of people…

The story of collective farmer Alekseeva about the stay of German soldiers in the village of Belousovo, Moscow region, about their behavior, robberies, and attitude toward the local population…

The story of collective farmer Maria Lapkovskaia about the repression of the Germans in the village because of partisan activity, her removal with her children to a camp in Latvia, her separation…

Solomon Pekker's account of underground work in Kyiv during the occupation. After an unsuccessful evacuation with Soviet units, he returned to the city. Pekker recalls the persecution of Jews, the…

The story of Mitrofan Reutovskii, a gardener from Kyiv, about his arrest for signing a characterization of a Jew and his stay in a Gestapo prison. Reutovskii, working in the economy of the chief of…

Priiska Spasskaia's memories of her life before the war and during the occupation. She tells of her husband being shot by the Germans for his connection with the partisans and of her fellow…