Montreal Veterans

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

Isaak Budnitski

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

Lazar Chukhovich

Born November 13th 1926 Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Interviewed In: Montreal, Quebec

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

Shulim Grinberg

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

Yakov Gelfandbein

Born: 1922 Kherson, Ukraine. Passed Away: August 13, 2014 Montreal, Quebec.
Interviewed In: Montreal, Quebec
Medals Awarded: Medal for Battle Merit, Medal For Defense of Stalingrad, Medal For Defense of Moscow, Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class) and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War

Beniamin Frumkin

Born 1922 In Smolensk, Soviet Union.
Interviewed In: Montreal, Quebec
Medals Awarded: Medal For Defense of Moscow, Medal For Capture of Konigsberg, Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class) and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War

David Fisherman

Born April 6th 1915 Tiraspol, Moldov. CENTENARIAN
Interviewed In: Montreal, Quebec
Medals Awarded: Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class), Order of the Red Star, and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War

Zinovi Feigin

Born April 3rd 1926 Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union.
Interviewed In: Montreal, Quebec
Medals Awarded: Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class), Liberation of Vienna, Medal for Defense of Leningrad and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War

Zinovi Rogov

Born July 28th 1928 Leningrad, Soviet Union.
Interviewed In: Montreal, Quebec

Philip Potiyevsky

Born: August 6th 1922 Malin, Ukraine. Passed Away: March 15, 2014 Montreal, Quebec.
Interviewed In: Montreal, Quebec
Medals Awarded: Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class), Medal for Courage, Medal For Liberation of Warsaw, Order of the Red Star 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