During the Holocaust, the vast majority of the local population neither took part in the murder nor attempted to save the Jews. They were bystanders who witnessed the crimes of the Nazis. Some of the locals directly participated in the crimes of the Holocaust, and a small part tried to save the Jews.
Lev Rubinstein, poet, literary critic, publicist, Russia
Lyudmila Ulitskaya, writer, public figure, Russia
Borukh Gorin, Rabbi, Head of the Department of Public Relations of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia
Nikolai Svanidze, TV journalist, historian, Head of the Journalism Department of the Institute of Mass Media of the Russian State Humanitarian University, Russia
Oleg Budnitsky, historian, Director of the International Center for the History and Sociology of World War II and its Consequences, Russia
