World War II Database

1. Mirjam Rotenstreich says:
1 Apr 2018 04:22:18 AM

My name is Mirjam Rotenstreich. I am a Dutch novelist. But the book that I am now writing, is about my father's life. He was born in 1912 in Butzanów, a Jewish shtetl in Galicia, today Western Ukraine. As a victim of the houlocaust, he told almost nothing to me, his child. What I doknow, is that he, like many Russian Jews, served in the Red Army during World War II. He was an interpreter and took care of the communication.

My father died on July 24, 2014. He was 101 years old.

Recently I saw the photo above (Zhukov_Brandenburg_Gate_1945.jpg)

I was shocked. The man at the far left of the picture, next to Georgy Zhukov, wearing a shirt and tie under his uniform, looked so much like my father. On closer examination I started to doubt. Unfortunately, I can not find the name of this person anywhere. That is why I write to you. Can you give me the name of this man and the position he held?

You would make me a very happy person if you could help me find the name.

With kind regards,

Mirjam Rotenstreich
Johannes Verhulststraat 69
1071 MT Amsterdam

m.rotenstreich@upcmail.nl
0031 (0) 653663954



* Caption: Georgy Zhukov, Bernard Montgomery, Konstantin Rokossovsky, and Vasily Sokolovsky (rear row, between Montgomery and Rokossovsky) in Berlin, Germany, 12 Jul 1945; note Brandenburg Gate in background ww2dbase
Source: ww2dbaseImperial War Museum
Identification Code: 4905-03 TR 2913

2.  David Stubblebine says:
1 Apr 2018 04:32:25 PM

The man to Zhukov’s right is in the uniform of a British officer, a captain. He is visible in some of the other photos from this event and is probably the interpreter on Montgomery’s staff.