Chanowitz, Israel
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Israel Chanowitz
Israel Chanowitz (release name)
Israel Tzanowitz (name at birth)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 10/8/1925
City of Birth Glebokie (Vilna, Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Hongkew (Shanghai, China : Ghetto)
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 armed forces, United States
Location of liberation Hongkew (Shanghai, China : Ghetto)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
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 1:40
Interview Code 1229
Felson, Stan
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Stan Felson
Stan Felson (release name)
Felson (current name)
Zalman Feigelson (name at birth)
Feigelson (last name during war)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 10/12/1929
City of Birth Glebokie (Vilna, Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Hasidism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Glebokie (Vilna, 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)
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant aid givers
Other Experiences
State of Interview CA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 4:00
Interview Code 33651
Finefter, Dveira
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Dveira Finefter
Dveira Finefter (release name)
Dveira Finefter (name at birth)
Dveira Ferdman (maiden name)
Ferdman (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1/25/1933
City of Birth Glebokie (Vilna, Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Glebokie (Vilna, Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s)
Hiding or living under false identity (Location)
Type of hiding place forests
Resistance Group(s) resistance groups, Soviet
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Berezino (Minsk, Belorussia, USSR)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview MI
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 13260
Geseleva, Gita
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Gita Geseleva
Gita Abramovna Geseleva (release name)
Lifshits (maiden name)
Gita Geseleva (other name)
Lifshits (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 12/10/1926
City of Birth Glebokie (Vilna, Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) non-observant/non-practicing
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Glebokie (Vilna, Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Lipowo (Dzisna, Vilna, Poland)(generic)
Koziany Forest (Poland)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s) Suvorov Brigade
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Vitebsk (Belorussia, USSR : Oblast)
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
Country of Interview Lithuania
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 13718
Giṭelzon, Ḥayim
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Ḥayim Giṭelzon
Ḥayim Giṭelzon (release name)
(current name)
Chaim Gitelzon (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 5/1/1932
City of Birth Glebokie (Vilna, Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) liberal Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Glebokie (Vilna, Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Glebokie (Vilna, Poland)
Type of hiding place houses
attics
Resistance Group(s) resistance groups, Soviet
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Vilna (Poland : Voivodship)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from Aktionen
escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview Tel Aviv
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 0:00
Interview Code 50740
Glaz, Boris
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Boris Glaz
Boris Abramovich Glaz (release name)
Glaz (current name)
Boris Abramovich Glaz (name at birth)
Glaz (last name during war)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 6/27/1930
City of Birth Glebokie (Vilna, Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) liberal Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) liberal Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Glebokie (Vilna, Poland : Ghetto)
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 No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from Aktionen
orphanages and children's homes
evasion of roundups
escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview
Country of Interview Russia
Language(s) of Interview Russian
Length of Interview 0:00
Interview Code 50428
Goldman, Claire
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Claire Goldman
Claire Goldman (release name)
Goldman (current name)
Chaya (name at birth)
Chaja Gitelson (name at birth)
Gitelson (last name during war)
Chayale (nickname)
Claire Gitelson Goldman (other name)
Chaja Gitelson (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 11/12/1929
City of Birth Glebokie (Vilna, Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
modern orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Vilna (Poland : Ghetto)
Glebokie (Vilna, Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Vilna (Poland : Voivodship)
Type of hiding place houses
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation Glebokie (Vilna, Poland)
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
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 English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 21227
Haberman, Ida
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Ida Haberman
Ida Haberman (release name)
Chaya (Yiddish name)
Tilles (maiden name)
Mrs. Ivanofsky (false name)
Lisbeth (other name)
Tilles (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 6/15/1923
City of Birth Glebokie (Vilna, Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Glebokie (Vilna, Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s)
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Glebokie (Vilna, Poland)
Type of hiding place
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences
State of Interview CA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 25291
Haberman, Paul
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Paul Haberman
Paul Haberman (release name)
Pejsa (Hebrew name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 2/12/1919
City of Birth Glebokie (Vilna, Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Hasidism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s)
Camp(s) Sverdlovsk (Russia, USSR : Soviet 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
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
State of Interview CA
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 25005
Ihilchik, Saul
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Saul Ihilchik
Saul Ihilchik (release name)
Shlomo Yehuda (name at birth)
Ichilczyk (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 10/15/1921
City of Birth Glebokie (Vilna, Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Glebokie (Vilna, 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)
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 displaced persons camps
escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview ON
Country of Interview Canada
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 3:00
Interview Code 3927

Kanis, Sarah
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sarah Kanis
Sarah Kanis (release name)
Sarah Kanis (current name)
Bodnov (name at birth)
Bodnov (maiden name)
Bodnov (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 5/6/1919
City of Birth Glebokie (Vilna, Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) traditional Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Glebokie (Vilna, Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Minsk (Belorussia, USSR : Oblast)
Type of hiding place forests
Resistance Group(s) Ponomarenko Brigade
Otriad imeni Voroshilova
Liberated by
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview Haifa
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 1:30
Interview Code 29699
Tice, Eda
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Eda Tice
Eda Tice (release name)
Tice (current name)
Ida Shparber (name at birth)
Aidle (Yiddish name)
Shparber (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1/17/1928
City of Birth Glebokie (Vilna, Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Glebokie (Vilna, Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) No
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Glebokie (Vilna, Poland)
Poland
Type of hiding place forests
Resistance Group(s)
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation 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
displaced persons camps
escapes from the ghettos
State of Interview NY
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 20095
Tsimer, Sonyah
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sonyah Tsimer
Sonyah Tsimer (release name)
Sonyah Tsimer (current name)
Giṭelson (name at birth)
Gitelson (maiden name)
Gitelson (other name)
Sonya Tzimer (other name)
Giṭelson (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1/1/1924
City of Birth Glebokie (Vilna, Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Glebokie (Vilna, Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Vilna (Poland : Voivodship)
Type of hiding place forests
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 displaced persons camps
concealment of Jewish identity
escapes from the ghettos
refugee camps
State of Interview Central
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 2:30
Interview Code 21179
© Zeidel, Sol
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Sol Zeidel
Sol Zeidel (release name)
Zeidel (current name)
Zalman Zeidel (name at birth)
Ziama (other name)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 2/18/1937
City of Birth Glebokie (Vilna, Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Glebokie (Vilna, Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s)
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
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences displaced persons camps
State of Interview NY
Country of Interview U.S.A.
Language(s) of Interview English
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 38390
abramson, Lidya
Jewish Survivor
Question Answer
Name of Interviewee Lidyah ´abramson
Lidyah ´abramson (release name)
Abramson (current name)
´iṭḳah Bra´un (name at birth)
Le´ah (Hebrew name)
Lidah (false name)
Itka Braun (other name)
Lydia Abramson (other name)
´iṭḳah Bra´un (release maiden name)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 2/12/1931
City of Birth Glebokie (Vilna, Poland)
Country of Birth Poland
Religious Identity (Prewar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar) Judaism
Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)
Ghetto(s) Glebokie (Vilna, Poland : Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Went into Hiding Yes
Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s) Yes
Hiding or living under false identity (Location) Glebokie (Vilna, Poland)
Gomel' (Belorussia, USSR)
Type of hiding place forests
attics
swamps
Resistance Group(s) resistance groups, Ukrainian
Liberated by armed forces, Soviet
Location of liberation
Fled from Nazi controlled territory No
Forced (death) Marches No
Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant
Other Experiences escapes from mass shootings
escapes from the ghettos
concealment of Jewish identity
displaced persons camps
orphanages and children's homes
State of Interview Central
Country of Interview Israel
Language(s) of Interview Hebrew
Length of Interview 2:00
Interview Code 48374
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