Derebchyn is a small village near Shargorod (current population -
2,000, the map is here http://goo.gl/maps/PK7W). Village website
(http://derebchin.com.ua) has a history page, but no mention about the
Jewish deportees. Old picture of the sugar factory (now defunct):
http://derebchin.com.ua/components/com_joomgallery/img_pictures/___13/___21/zavod_3_20100214_1727117678.jpg
Pogroms and harassment of Jews by units of the Vlasov army and various
irregulars are mentioned in several books on Transnistria (e.g.,
Felicia Carmelly, Shattered, p. 448, Avigdor Shachan, Burning ice: the
ghettos of Transnistria, p.356).
Iosif
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu> wrote:
> I received the following message from Gerhard Waldhorn and he asked me to
> send it on to the list:
>
>> Hi Mimi
>>
>> I want to tell you, that you are right! I was a little baby when we were taken
>> to Transnistria, and we "landed" in DEREBZCHIN (did you hear about this
>> village?). There was a director of a sugar factory who employed Jews in order
>> to let them survive. My father was a dentist, and was highly demanded,
>> being the only dentist in the region. 1943 or 1944 came Russians called
>> "Dobrovolzes" in our village and stayed there for 3 days. Do you think they
>> were the soldiers of Vlassov, or another group? Please let me know. They
>> murdered in the first night of their staying, half of the Jews in the village,
>> but we escaped the massacre because they simply forgot us (or G-d wanted that
>> I write you now this letter, who knows?).
>>
>> In any case, what I want to write you here is, that the next night the
>> Romanian authorities took all the Jews under their protection to the
>> community center and we stayed there under armed soldier protection 2 nights
>> and 2 days in order to escape the following night massacre. Interesting: the
>> soldiers of Jasi in Romania massacred thousand of Jews, and the soldiers of
>> Derebczin protected us not to be murdered. How you explain that?
>>
>> I would be glad if you publish my letter in the E-Mails of Cz and answer my
>> questions. And may be other people can answer also this puzzle. My E-Mail
>> address is gwaldhorn_at_dr-waldhorn.ch
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>>
>> Dr. Gerhard Waldhorn
>> Switzerland
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