Cherna Kapulkina Papers, 1939-1970 | Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

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Title: Cherna Kapulkina Papers, 1939-1970

Predominant Dates:1939 -- 1970s

ID: RG-57/

Primary Creator: Cherna Kapulkina (1939 1970s)

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Subjects: Belarus (1939-1944), Chaya Kapulkina, from Polotsk, perished in the Holocaust, 1941, Cherna Kapulkina, from Polotsk, Belarus, collaboration in the Holocaust, Collaboration in the Holocaust in Belarus, 1941 -- 1944, Correspondence from the Soviet Red Army, from the active combat units, 1941 -- 1945, Correspondence to and from Polotsk, Belarus, postwar, Documents in Russian language, Family History, Kapulkiny (s), Holocaust, history, Holocaust in USSR (1941-1944), Kapulkin Family, Polotsk, Belarus, Kiev (Ukraine), Local auxiliary police in Belarus, 1941 -- 1944, Mendel Kapulkin, 1915 -- 1941, perished in the Holocaust in Polotsk, Belarus, 1941, Narratives in Russian language, Personal correspondence, Personal correspondence, Cherna Kapulkina, Pesia Kapulkina-Minkovich, perished in the Holocaust in Polotsk, 1915 -- 1941, Polotsk (Belarus), Postwar research and narratives on the History of the Holocaust, The Holocaust in Belarus, 1941 -- 1944, The USSR (1941--1945)

Languages: Russian

Abstract

This collection comprises individual and official correspondence and family photographs related to Cherna Kapulkina and her family

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Therea are personal correspondence of the wartime and postwar period withr regard to the fate of Jews in Polotsk, Belarus in 1941. Family photographs and the photographs of the Holocaust-related sites are also included in to this Collection

Collection Historical Note

This Collection comprises personal correspondence and family photographs of the wartime and postwar period in Polots, Belarus. The documents relate to the Holocaust in a small town of Polotsk and to the postwar search for relatives and other faimly members of this family.

RG-57.01, Cherna Kapulkina Papers, Photograph of Chaya Kapulkin, 1886-1941

RG-57.02, Cherna Kapulkina Papers, Letter folded into a triangle-01

RG-57.03, Cherna Kapulkina Papers, Letter folded into a triangle-02

RG-57.04, Cherna Kapulkina Papers, Letter folded into a triangle-03

RG-57.05, Cherna Kapulkina Papers, Letter with envelope-01

RG-57.06, Cherna Kapulkina Papers, Letter with envelope-02

RG-57.07, Cherna Kapulkina Papers, Letter with envelope-03

RG-57.08, Cherna Kapulkina Papers, Letter with envelope-04

RG-57.09, Cherna Kapulkina Papers, Letter with envelope-05

RG-57.10, Cherna Kapulkina Papers, Photograph of Mendel Kapulkin, 1924-1941

RG-57.11, Cherna Kapulkina Papers, Photograph of Minkovich Kapulkin-Peysa, 1915-1941

Biographical Note

It is a personal collection of prewar and wartime photographs. The immediate postwar correspondence shed light on the tragic fate of Ms. Kapulkina family in the ghetto of Polotsk in Belarus in 1941.

Subject/Index Terms

Belarus (1939-1944)
Chaya Kapulkina, from Polotsk, perished in the Holocaust, 1941
Cherna Kapulkina, from Polotsk, Belarus
collaboration in the Holocaust
Collaboration in the Holocaust in Belarus, 1941 -- 1944
Correspondence from the Soviet Red Army, from the active combat units, 1941 -- 1945
Correspondence to and from Polotsk, Belarus, postwar
Documents in Russian language
Family History, Kapulkiny (s)
Holocaust, history
Holocaust in USSR (1941-1944)
Kapulkin Family, Polotsk, Belarus
Kiev (Ukraine)
Local auxiliary police in Belarus, 1941 -- 1944
Mendel Kapulkin, 1915 -- 1941, perished in the Holocaust in Polotsk, Belarus, 1941
Narratives in Russian language
Personal correspondence
Personal correspondence, Cherna Kapulkina
Pesia Kapulkina-Minkovich, perished in the Holocaust in Polotsk, 1915 -- 1941
Polotsk (Belarus)
Postwar research and narratives on the History of the Holocaust
The Holocaust in Belarus, 1941 -- 1944
The USSR (1941--1945)

Box and Folder Listing

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: RG-57.06, Letter from Tsera (Chera) Kapulkina to Shura Dusheva in Polotsk, text, September 1944, 1944

A letter from Tsera Kapulkina to Shura Dusheva in Polotsk, text, September 1944

Subject/Index Terms:: Cherna (Tsera) Kapulkina from Polotsk, Belarus; Cherna Kapulkina, from Polotsk, Belarus; Inquiries about family members and friends, Cherna (Tsera) Kapulkina; Personal correspondence, Cherna Kapulkina; Shura Dusheva, resident of Polots, witness; Collaboration in the Holocaust in Belarus, 1941 -- 1944; The Holocaust in Belarus, 1941 -- 1944; Annihilation of Jews in Polotsk, Belarus, 1941; Witnesses' accounts on the annihilation of Jews in the Holocaust; Witnesses' accounts on the annihilation of Jews in Belarus, 1941 -- 1944; Witnesses' accounts on the annihilation of Jews in the Holocaust, Shura Dusheva; Polotsk (Belarus); Narratives in Russian language; Documents in Russian language

Creators:: Cherna Kapulkina; Cherna Kapulkina (1939 1970s); Tsera (Cherna) Kapulkina from Polotsk, Belarus (1940s)