Schneider David Markusovich
From Polish citizens who were in settlement in Tomsk. Arrested in August 1941 for the intention to escape from the place of settlement. Died on May 15, 1942 in Tomsk prison
Born in 1905 in the village of Karsuga in Germany, Jewish by nationality, no marriage certificate, married. Higher education, accountant.
While in Germany, he was arrested in 1933 during the Nazi era and was imprisoned for 1.5 years .
The story, written down from Schneider's words on August 8, 1941, after his arrest: His relatives were Polish citizens. In Germany he took part in the revolutionary movement, in 1933 he was arrested and put in a concentration camp, where he spent 2.5 months. Later they were brought to the border, their Polish passport was taken away and they were handed over to the authorities.
Subsequently, he fled to Poland, where he accepted Polish citizenship. After September 17, 1939, he was deported to the USSR as a "refugee migrant". In July 1941, he ended up in a settlement in the city of Tomsk, lived in a special settlement on Cheremoshki, worked as a worker at a timber handling plant, and was registered with the commandant's office. On August 7, 1941, he escaped from the city, as he later stated, with the aim of joining the army to fight the fascists. He was arrested at the pier in the city of Tomsk with his camping gear. The escape was classified as a crime under Article 82, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR (Articles 58-14 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR) . He was sent to the temporary detention facility of the Tomsk City NKVD, and on August 11, 1941, he was placed in Tomsk Prison No. 3 of the NKVD NSO. He died on May 16, 1942.
Source: Archival file of prisoner D. M. Schneider
