COMBAT

PRE-WAR LIFE I BEGINNING OF WAR I LIFE AT THE FRONT I COMBAT I JEWISH IDENTITY I INJURY AND MEDICAL I NAZI PERSECUTION I SINGING AND POETRY I POST-WAR LIFE I PRESENT-DAY REFLECTION

VLADIMIR NEMETS

Vladimir Nemets describes his first battle.
Brest, Belarus. 2009

MATVEY SVERDLOV

Matvey Sverdlov recalls face-to-face combat and the role of medics at the front.
Brest, Belarus. 2009

YULI KUTNER

Yuli Kutner describes a parachute mission he barely survived.
Fremont, CA. 2006

ABRAM GUTMAN

Abram Gutman describes his evacuation from the battlefield after he was wounded.
Fremont, CA. 2006

ABRAM KOTLYAR

Abram Kotlyar describes the loss of his friend at the front.
Fremont, CA. 2006

LEONID KHEIFETS

Leonid Kheifets describes his encoutner with a severly wounded female soldier during an artillery barrage.
St. Petersburg, Russia. 2008

MIKHAIL PEKAROVSKY

“We believed in Victory!”
Tel Aviv, Israel. 2008

SIMEON SHPIEGEL

Simeon Shpiegel recalls fighting in Stalingrad.
New York, NY. 2007