Holocaust Memorial Education Center
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- Local Survivor registry
- JACOB RESNICK
- Local Survivor registry
- JACOB RESNICK
Survivor Profile
JACOB
RESNICK
(1909 - 1967)
PRE-WAR NAME:
CHANAN RESNICK
CHANAN RESNICK
PLACE OF BIRTH:
PINSK, BELARUS
PINSK, BELARUS
DATE OF BIRTH:
DECEMBER 9, 1909
DECEMBER 9, 1909
LOCATION(s) BEFORE THE WAR:
PINSK, BELARUS
PINSK, BELARUS
LOCATION(s) DURING THE WAR:
FLED; FOUGHT WITH PARTISANS AND SOVIET ARMY
FLED; FOUGHT WITH PARTISANS AND SOVIET ARMY
STATUS:
SURVIVOR REFUGEE
SURVIVOR REFUGEE
RELATED PERSON(S):
SARA R. RESNICK - Spouse (Deceased),
CARL RESNICK - Son,
TED RESNICK - Son,
MARTIN RESNICK - Son,
STEPHANIE GOLDBERG - Granddaughter
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BRIEF BIOGRAPHY:
Refer to Sara R. Resnick’s Survivor Registry for Jacob’s biography and the family story.
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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.
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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.
