Jews in the Battle for Crimea, 1941–1944
Journal: East European Jewish Affairs
Year: 2021

On July 4, 1942, the Soviet people heard the sad news that, after 250 days of battle, Sevastopol, “the city of Russian glory,” had fallen. Twenty-two months later, Sevastopol was liberated by the 51st Army of the 4th Ukrainian Front. The army’s commander was Lieutenant General Iakov Kreizer, Hero of the Soviet Union and a member of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee. Thousands of Jews, soldiers of the Red Army, took part in the battle for Crimea in 1941–1944. The staff of the Commission on the Hi