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Article: Dispelling myths, book shows Jewish role in Soviet war effort
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- Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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- December 16, 2002
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Krichevsky, Lev
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
12-16-2002
Moscow, Dec. 15 (JTA) -- A book honoring the memory of Soviet Jewish
soldiers during World War II who died defending their country was recently
completed.
It took a group of veterans and researchers 10 years to collect and verify
the names, vital data and causes of death for Jewish members of the Red
Army and Soviet navy who died during the war.
The Book of Memory demonstrates the heroism and selflessness of many
Soviet Jews -- who were portrayed during the Soviet era as traitors who
avoided battle during World War II.
"These few lines are the only thing that is left to many families" of
soldiers who died, said Marina Pilipenko, one of the ...