Video History Archives
Of Jewish Soviet Soldiers
during WW2
“If the injury was not too serious we gave first aid, put on dressings, gave pain killers, and injections.”
“The hardest fighting I went through was in Dukhovshchina, Smolensk Region where huge numbers of German troops and technical equipment were concentrated. We broke through the enemy defenses. 2 days later the Supreme Commander in Chief issued an order giving our division the title of Dukhovshchina Division.”
As a paramedic in a light infantry unit, Efim would run throughout the front lines administering medical aid. He would also help move injured soldiers to hospital bound trains. Unlike the doctors who worked away from combat, Efim treated his patents in the middle of the battlefield:
“We crawled up to the soldiers. If the injury was not too serious we gave first aid, put on dressings, gave pain killers, and injections.”
Efim was injured near Latvia and sent to Moscow hospital. He recovered in time to rejoin his unit for The Battle Of Riga in October 1944.
After the war, Efim moved to Toronto.
Born February 21st 1922 Rybnitsa, Moldova.
Interviewed In: Montreal, Quebec
Medals Awarded: Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class), Medal for Battle Merit and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War
Born 1927 Malin, Ukraine.
Interviewed In: Montreal, Quebec
Medals Awarded: Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class), Medal for Courage, Medal For Defense of Stalingrad and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War
Born April 29th 1918 Vasilkov, Ukraine.
Interviewed In: Montreal, Quebec
Medals Awarded: Medal For Defense of Stalingrad, Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class), Order of the Red Star, Liberation of Vienna and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War
Medals Awarded: Medal For Defense of Stalingrad, Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class), Order of the Red Star, Liberation of Vienna and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War