Jews of the Areas Annexed to the USSR in World War II

Born 1924, Tartu, Estonia. Discusses life for Estonian Jews during WWII: school; Jewish schools; languages studied in; life under Russian administration; his parents, their livelihood; union of professional hat makers; Zionist movements in Tartu; language spoken at home; dispersal of leaders of 'Hashomer Hatzair'; Jews who collaborated with Russians; enlistment of Jews into Russian militia; evacuation; organized evacuation of all left-wingers; people who fell during the 'Istrebitelni Battalion'; estimation of number of Jews who fell, remained, and were exiled; reasons for exile; religious, communal, social services; Russian treatment of Jews; correspondance with U.S., before and after war; livelihood; enlistment in 'Corpus Estoni' of the Red Army with brother, 1942; involvement in army, relationship with brother until his death; correspondance with parents; Jews in 'Corpus Estoni'; fate of Estonian Jews; impressions of local reality; desire for vengeance; contact with other Jews; ties to Jewish symbols; Jewish wives of Russian officers; parents return to Tartu following Liberation; Jewish friends killed or wounded during War; end of army service, 1952; number of victims and survivors.