"Fighting for Freedom": Special Exhibition Marking VE Day

Moshe Lersky, Red Army Prayer shawl and prayer book found on a pile of clothes at Majdanek
Paul Rosenblatt,
US Forces German "souvenirs"
Ernestina-Yadja (Minz) Krakowiak, Red Army, Polish Division Medals and ribbons of a female soldier in the Red Army
David Murin, Red Army Torn piece of a Torah scroll: a tangible memento of the destruction of European Jewish life
Rabbi Dr. Isaac B. Rose, Canadian Army Gift of a Hanukkah menorah from a Dutch Holocaust survivor
David Schonfeld, US Forces Ivory bead crafted by a Jewish jeweler who was deported from his home, never to return
Marius Garb, South African Army Nazi Flag, a memento from the Battle of El Alamein: a symbol of the defeat over Nazi Germany
Shmuel Gafnavicius (Gafni), Jewish Brigade, British Army Jewish Brigade tag and identity discs
Monya Dunaevski, Red Army Pouch containing letters written during the war
Moshe Domb, Red Army, Lithuanian Division Cloth decoration preserved as a remembrance of Jewish life
Robert Brand, US Forces From Dachau prisoner to interrogator of German POWs
Tzvi Ginzburg,
Anders Army Book of Psalms

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Jewish Soldiers in the Allied Armies

Death March to Volary

The Anguish of Liberation as Reflected in Art

Return to Life in the Displaced Persons Camps

Jews in the Red Army

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Jews in the Red Army
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"Fighting for Freedom"
Special Exhibition Marking VE Day

This special online exhibition tells the stories of a number of Jewish soldiers who served in the Allied forces during WWII, through personal items later donated to Yad Vashem.

These prized medals, uniforms, religious artifacts and treasured photographs give us a window into the unique encounters and personal experiences of the Jewish men and women that fought the Nazis and liberated their brethren from years of persecution and torture.

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Moshe Lersky, Red Army Prayer shawl and prayer book found on a pile of clothes at Majdanek

Paul Rosenblatt,
US Forces German "souvenirs"

Ernestina-Yadja (Minz) Krakowiak, Red Army, Polish Division Medals and ribbons of a female soldier in the Red Army

David Murin, Red Army Torn piece of a Torah scroll: a tangible memento of the destruction of European Jewish life

Rabbi Dr. Isaac B. Rose, Canadian Army Gift of a Hanukkah menorah from a Dutch Holocaust survivor

David Schonfeld, US Forces Ivory bead crafted by a Jewish jeweler who was deported from his home, never to return

Marius Garb, South African Army Nazi Flag, a memento from the Battle of El Alamein: a symbol of the defeat over Nazi Germany

Shmuel Gafnavicius (Gafni), Jewish Brigade, British Army Jewish Brigade tag and identity discs

Monya Dunaevski, Red Army Pouch containing letters written during the war

Moshe Domb, Red Army, Lithuanian Division Cloth decoration preserved as a remembrance of Jewish life

Robert Brand, US Forces From Dachau prisoner to interrogator of German POWs

Tzvi Ginzburg,
Anders Army Book of Psalms

Related Resources and Exhibitions

Jewish Soldiers in the Allied Armies
Related resources including video, photos and documents exploring the experience of Jewish soldiers in the Allied Armies.

Death March to Volary
Video-based exhibition that tells the story of how hundreds of Jewish women managed to survive unimaginable conditions over 100 days and almost 500 miles.

The Anguish of Liberation as Reflected in Art
This special on-line exhibition, based on the Yad Vashem Art Collection, features works created between 1945 and 1947 and attempts to investigate how survivors reacted to the liberation through art.

Return to Life in the Displaced Persons Camps
A Visual Retrospective.

Jews in the Red Army
100 biographies of Jews who served in the Red Army and includes quotations from wartime articles and letters, as well as post-war memoirs. These accounts cast light on the Jewish identity of these people and their reaction to the Holocaust.

Moshe Lersky, Red Army Prayer shawl and prayer book found on a pile of clothes at Majdanek

Paul Rosenblatt,US Forces German "souvenirs"

Ernestina-Yadja (Minz) Krakowiak, Red Army, Polish Division Medals and ribbons of a female soldier in the Red Army

David Murin, Red Army Torn piece of a Torah scroll: a tangible memento of the destruction of European Jewish life

Rabbi Dr. Isaac B. Rose, Canadian Army Gift of a Hanukkah menorah from a Dutch Holocaust survivor

David Schonfeld, US Forces Ivory bead crafted by a Jewish jeweler who was deported from his home, never to return

Marius Garb, South African Army Nazi Flag, a memento from the Battle of El Alamein: a symbol of the defeat over Nazi Germany

Shmuel Gafnavicius (Gafni), Jewish Brigade, British Army Jewish Brigade tag and identity discs

Monya Dunaevski, Red Army Pouch containing letters written during the war

Moshe Domb, Red Army, Lithuanian Division Cloth decoration preserved as a remembrance of Jewish life

Robert Brand, US Forces From Dachau prisoner to interrogator of German POWs

Tzvi Ginzburg, Anders Army Book of Psalms

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Jewish Soldiers in the Allied Armies Related resources including video, photos and documents exploring the experience of Jewish soldiers in the Allied Armies.

Death March to Volary Video-based exhibition that tells the story of how hundreds of Jewish women managed to survive unimaginable conditions over 100 days and almost 500 miles.

The Anguish of Liberation as Reflected in ArtThis special on-line exhibition, based on the Yad Vashem Art Collection, features works created between 1945 and 1947 and attempts to investigate how survivors reacted to the liberation through art.

Return to Life in the Displaced Persons CampsA Visual Retrospective.

Jews in the Red Army100 biographies of Jews who served in the Red Army and includes quotations from wartime articles and letters, as well as post-war memoirs. These accounts cast light on the Jewish identity of these people and their reaction to the Holocaust.

Paul Rosenblatt,
US Forces German "souvenirs"

Tzvi Ginzburg,
Anders Army Book of Psalms

Jewish Soldiers in the Allied Armies
Related resources including video, photos and documents exploring the experience of Jewish soldiers in the Allied Armies.

Death March to Volary
Video-based exhibition that tells the story of how hundreds of Jewish women managed to survive unimaginable conditions over 100 days and almost 500 miles.

The Anguish of Liberation as Reflected in Art
This special on-line exhibition, based on the Yad Vashem Art Collection, features works created between 1945 and 1947 and attempts to investigate how survivors reacted to the liberation through art.

Return to Life in the Displaced Persons Camps
A Visual Retrospective.

Jews in the Red Army
100 biographies of Jews who served in the Red Army and includes quotations from wartime articles and letters, as well as post-war memoirs. These accounts cast light on the Jewish identity of these people and their reaction to the Holocaust.