On July 4, 1942, the Soviet people heard the sad news that, after 250 days of battle, Sevastopol, the city of Russian glory, had fallen.
Twenty-two months later, Sevastopol was liberated by the 51st Army of the 4th Ukrainian Front. The army’s commander was Lieutenant General Iakov Kreizer, Hero of the Soviet Union and a member of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee.
Thousands of Jews, soldiers of the Red Army, took part in the battle for Crimea in 1941–1944. The staff of the Commission on the History of the Great Patriotic War of the USSR Academy of Sciences interviewed some of them.
These interviews are interesting not only in revealing how the Jews fought, but also in illuminating their prewar life, family background, and careers in the army.
They are a unique source not only for military, but also for social history, affording insights into the phenomenon of Soviet Jewry.
ABC Flash Point News 2023.
History repeating itself?
Not doubting their bravery but it should be mentioned that many of the rulers of the later Soviet Gulags were Jewish and they inflicted terrible cruelty on the prisoners particularly the females -too horrible to mention .
I read and saw the drawings from actual inmates and the pictures still stick in my mind –you will not find the evidence in the western media -censored !
Time and people change but obviously not in Israel ( Palestine).