Our colleague Tasha Rogers visited her home town of Penza, Russia and took the time to sit down with three Jewish Red Army veterans at the Jewish Community Center and record their stories. Check our website soon to see their interviews and profiles.
Because there are fewer and fewer surviving WWII veterans it's more important than ever to document their life stories. This makes one realize that history is not only a global concept but that each person is part of it. Interviewing veterans in Penza and hearing their war stories sometimes brought tears to my eyes, and so we cried together. Sharing their life stories was a cathartic experience for them. So they opened their doors and hearts, feeling they were part of something big and important again, serving their best tea or just whatever treats they had, willing to show their best photographs and proud of their accomplishments all over again.
Tasha Rogers, September 2016
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