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The Blavatnik Archive is a private collection of documents, personal letters and diaries, photographs, postcards, periodicals and oral testimonies pertaining to 19th and 20th century Jewish history.

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WWII VETERAN ORAL HISTORY PROJECT

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Recognizing an important and largely unknown chapter of Jewish history, in 2006 the Blavatnik Archive undertook a long-term project to digitally record the personal testimonies of Jewish WWII veterans of the Soviet Army.

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