Nahum Yaroker, my father, was drafted into the Red Army a few days after Germany invaded the Soviet Union on Sunday June 22, 1941. Basia, my mother and a medical doctor, was summoned to the draft office the same day….
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This is a list of World War II Orders and Medals awarded by the U.S.S.R. to Yaroker soldiers. There were two types of decorations in the Soviet Union – which were called “Орден” and “Медаль” (“Order” and “Medal”). Officially, “Order”…
Read more → This is a list of individuals with the Yaroker surname that were killed in World War II. The source documents sometimes show names and addresses for fathers, mothers or wives. Ярокер Зельман Мойсеевич Yaroker Zelman Moiseevich Details Source 1899 –…
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Fleeing Kiev one month before the city fell to the Nazis on 19 September 1941, Hana Yaroker, her two year old son Michail and seven year old daughter Hasia become part of the Soviet evacuation to central Asia. Traveling by…
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