Gorodyansky Family
Benzion Gorodyansky with his seven grandchildren, Piryatin, Ukraine, 1939.
Voloshina Family
Yelizaveta Voloshina's family, Kyiv, Ukraine, May 1, 1941.
Summer on the Venta River
Family and friends on the Venta River, Papile, Lithuania, mid-1930s.
Weismann sisters
Fanya and Golda Weissman, Ukraine, c. 1919.
Friends
Raisa Ryklina (2nd row, right) with friends, Belarus, March 1941.
Khayut family
Beryl, Golda, and Meyer, Ukraine, 1938.
Vacation in Crimea
Samuil Yurkevich and Irina Rukhavets, Crimea, Ukraine, 1935.
Zionist youth group
Young Hashomer Hatzair Zionist women in uniform, Lutsk, Ukraine, 1930s.
Iosif Gusarev and his mother Nadezhda Vorobeva, Kiev, Ukraine, 1935.
Mother and son
Iosif Gusarev with his mother Nadezhda Vorobeva, Kyiv, Ukraine, 1935.
Fruma Derina (Toporek) at right with friends, c. 1938
Friends
Fruma Derin, right, with friends, Kharkiv, Ukraine, c.1935.

Over 2.5 million Jews killed in the Holocaust were from the Soviet Union, yet their stories of persecution, displacement, and murder at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators remain relatively unknown.

The Holocaust in the Soviet Union

This online exhibition shares the stories of Chicago-area survivors and their families through testimonies, objects, and photographs of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union.

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NOTE: The governments and borders of Eastern European and Baltic states changed frequently prior to and during World War II. In 1939-40 Eastern Poland, the Baltic states, and former Romanian territories were occupied and annexed by the Soviet Union. The names of states and places are given here as they were commonly used during WWII.

Please be aware this exhibition includes scenes of mass murder.

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The Holocaust in the Soviet Union Online Exhibition is made possible through the generous support of:
Tanya and Michael Polsky
Julie Bashkin and Matt Brody
Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian translation of the online exhibition is made possible With Assistance from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Sponsored by the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future." Supported by the German Federal Ministry of Finance.
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Memorial dedication in Romaniv, Ukraine, 2001.
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