Video History Archives
Of Jewish Soviet Soldiers
during WW2

Toronto Veterans

The stories of Jewish Soviet veterans of the second world war. Click the links for videos and interviews.

Isaak Ashmian

Born: December 19th 1919 Kharkov, Ukraine (raised in Moscow). Passed Away: March 9th, 2013 Toronto, Ontario.
Interviewed In: Toronto, Ontario

Medals Awarded: Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class) and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War

Mark Bas

Born December 25th 1922 Smolensk, Soviet Union.
Interviewed In: Toronto, Ontario
Medals Awarded: Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class), Medal For Defense of Moscow and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War

Medals Awarded: Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class), Medal For Defense of Moscow and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War

Mikhail Bass

Born March 16th 1928 Mink, Belarus
Interviewed In: Toronto, Ontario
Medals Awarded: Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class), Medal for Partisan of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class) and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War
Medals Awarded: Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class), Medal for Partisan of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class) and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War

Moisei Chernoguz

Born December 15th 1923 Sovran, Ukraine.
Interviewed In: Toronto, Ontario
Medals Awarded: Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class), Medal For Defense of Moscow, Medal for Battle Merit, Medal For Liberation of Warsaw and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War
Medals Awarded: Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class), Medal For Defense of Moscow, Medal for Battle Merit, Medal For Liberation of Warsaw and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War

Felix Dyman

March 24, 1927 Vitebsk, Belarus
Interviewed In: Toronto, Ontario

Nina Goldstein

Born: 1921, Leningrad. Passed Away: September 12th, 2011 Toronto, Ontario.
Interviewed In: Toronto, Ontario
Medals Awarded: Medal for Defense of Leningrad

Grigori Genin

Born March 8th 1924 in Astrakhan, Soviet Union.
Interviewed In: Toronto, Ontario
Medals Awarded: Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class), Medal For Defense of Stalingrad, Medal For Victory over Vienna, Medal For Capture of Budapest, Order of the Red Star, Order of Glory, Order of the Red Banner and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War

Leonid Feldman

Born: 1919 In Bershad Ukraine. Passed Away: October 20, 2012 Toronto, Ontario.
Interviewed In: Toronto, Ontario
Medals Awarded: Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class), Medal for Battle Merit, Medal for Courage and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War

The interviews with Russian Jewish Children of the War was conducted by: Atid Bamidbar Organization in 2016