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Survivor Profile

JACOB  RESNICK

JACOB

RESNICK

(1909 - 1967)

PRE-WAR NAME:

CHANAN RESNICK

PLACE OF BIRTH:

PINSK, BELARUS

DATE OF BIRTH:

DECEMBER 9, 1909

LOCATION(s) BEFORE THE WAR:

PINSK, BELARUS

LOCATION(s) DURING THE WAR:

FLED; FOUGHT WITH PARTISANS  AND  SOVIET ARMY

STATUS:

SURVIVOR REFUGEE

  • BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: 

    Refer to Sara R. Resnick’s Survivor Registry for Jacob’s biography and the family story.

  • HISTORICAL NOTES:

    According to the Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, there were about 30,000 Jews in Pinsk in early 1941. After the German occupation, in 1942 a ghetto was established.  Virtually all residents of the ghetto were murdered in the final aktion of Oct 28 – Nov 1, 1942. (see Encyclopedia Judaica Vol. 13, p. 543). Prior to WWI, Pinsk was in Minsk gubernia (Minsk province) of the Russian Empire.  Between the wars, Pinsk was in Poleskie województwa (Polesie province) of Poland.  After WWII, Pinsk was in the U.S.S.R.  Today, Pinsk is in Belarus.

  • Sources and Credits:

    Sources:

    Sara Resnick’s 1998 Shoah Video Testimony donated by Carl Resnick, son, and  Stephanie Resnick Goldsmith, granddaughter including donation of digital family photographs and historic documents.