Foerstein Abraham Bernardovich

Secret

Prisoner's personal file

Last name: Feuerstein

Name: Abraham

Patronymic: Bernard[ovich]

Started on November 21, 1939.

Completed September 5, 1941

Arch. No. 383

Internal file sheet (form no. 23) with prisoner data and a table for recording movements around prisons.

Full transcript:

Form No. 23

Prison No. 38 of the city of Odessa - Arrival date: February 1, 1940 - Personal file number [empty]

Prison No. 3, Tomsk — Arrival date: July 24, 1941 — Personal file number: 10.054

PERSONAL FILE

on the prisoner

Last name Feuerstein (added at the top: Feuerstein)

Name Abram

Patronymic: Bernutovich

Source: typographic form, filled in by hand. Poor condition. Notes: Inscription at the top, handwritten (pencil): "21"; next to it, in pencil: "prov. <signature> 17/VI(?) 41"; top left: "from II"; left, under the word Personal File: "[illegible] Tomsk"; bottom left: "45".

Persons in the document:

• Feuerstein Abram Bernutovich is a defendant in the case.

Continuation of the internal file sheet (form No. 23) with a table for notes on movement.

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Prison No. 1? — Lviv — Arrival date: November 11, 1939 — Personal file number : 965

PERSONAL FILE No. 965

on the prisoner

Last name: Feuerstein

Name: Abraham

Middle name: Bernatovich

Source: typographic form, filled out by hand. Note: Upper right corner, manuscript: " Odessa" (manuscript, pencil)

A decision was made to select a preventive measure – detention – for A. B. Feuerstein on charges of illegally crossing the border.

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"I APPROVE"

Head of the Border Detachment, Major, signature /Lysov/

November 9 , 1939

I AUTHORIZE ARREST

Regional Prosecutor

November 10 , 1939

Signature [Round seal: "308th Military Prosecutor's Office"]

RESOLUTION

Liski city, November 4 , 1939

[inaudible] next(?) group of the Liski Border Detachment [inaudible] Deputy political instructor Zuev P.N. having reviewed the received material on the person who illegally crossed the state border

Last name Feuerstein

Name Abrakam patronymic Bernat

Year of birth 1917 place of birth village Dobczyca Krakow Voivodeship ,

Profession and specialty of a worker, freedom of profession .

No party affiliation. Literate education.

Nationality: Jewish . Citizenship : Polish .

Marital status: single. Address: Krakow, Krakow Voivodeship.

Found that Feuerstein AB is suspected of crimes under Article 80 of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR, and taking into account that Feuerstein A.B., while at liberty, may abscond from the investigation and trial and therefore be held in a pre-trial detention facility, therefore, guided by Articles 143, 145 and 156 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Ukrainian SSR,

RESOLVED:

As a preventive measure for the evasion of court and investigation, Feuerstein shall choose detention in custody, which shall be announced to the arrested person by a receipt in this resolution.

In accordance with Article 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Ukrainian SSR, a copy of the order shall be sent to the prosecutor and transferred to the prison director for inclusion in the prison personnel file.

(The lower part of the document, containing signatures, is illegible).

Source: Typewritten form, completed by hand. Signatures of the border detachment chief and the prosecutor are handwritten. The lower part is missing.

Persons in the document:

• Foerstein Abraham Bernardovich is a defendant in the case;
• Lysov - head of the Liskovsky Border Detachment, major;
• Zuev P.N. - Deputy political instructor of the Liski Border Detachment.

Fingerprint card for recording a prisoner's fingerprints.

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Form No. 2.

Gender: Male

Last name: Feuerstein

Name: Abraham
Patronymic: Bernardovich

Place of birth: Germany

[Next is a fingerprint chart, illegible numerical markings]

Signature of the registered person: Feuerstein (signature in Latin)

Map completed: March 19, 1940

In the Odessa NKVD prison

The map was compiled by: Signature

Checked by: [empty]

Source: Form No. 2, fingerprints, completed by hand, signatures – autographs.

Persons in the document:

• Foerstein Abraham Bernardovich is a defendant in the case.

Typewritten document (cover letter) on the referral of the case of A.B. Foerstein for consideration by the Special Meeting.

Full transcript:

NKVD of the Ukrainian SSR

NKVD for [empty] region

1st(?) Special Department

No. 46153 29/I- 19 41

TOP SECRET

To the Head of Prison No. [empty] city [empty]

We inform you that the investigation into the incident is ongoing.

Foerstein Abraham Bernardovich 20/11/1940 sent for consideration to the Special Conference of the NKVD of the USSR, about which you inform him.

Arrested Feuerstein is listed as being held at a special meeting of the NKVD.

CHIEF OF THE 1ST SPECIAL DEPARTMENT OF THE NKVD

Start 2 dep signature

Source: typewritten form, completed by hand. Signature – autograph.

Persons in the document:

• Foerstein Abraham Bernardovich - a defendant in the case;
• Head of the 2nd Department of the NKVD - The official who sent the case.

Full transcript:

REGISTRATION CARD

1. Last name: Foerstein

2. Name: Abraham

3. Patronymic: Bernardovich

4. Year of birth: 1917

5. Place of birth: Dobczyce

6. Address: Krakow, Wolnica(?) No. 11

7. Prof. (specialist): Winemaker

8. Place of work, position: Krakow, Podgórski Market No. 6. Winery - assistant winemaker

9. Port: no delivery

10. Nationality: Jewish

11. Nationality: Poland

12. Arrested: November 4, 19[unclear] (1939)

13. Nature of the crime: illegally crossed the state border.

14. Article 80 of the Criminal Code

15. The card is filled [empty]

June 27, 1941 signature

Arrested by: Border Guard, Liskovsky Department, Lisko

[Reverse side]

Under investigation

Form No. 1

Source: document on printed form, completed by hand, signature – autograph.

Persons in the document:

• Foerstein Abraham Bernardovich, Arrested

Full transcript:

Form No. 3?

Personal number of the person conducting the search: 6(?)

Certificate for personal file No. 1375 for convicted Abram Bernandovich Foershteyn

1. Year of birth: 1917

2. Specialty: winemaker

3. Destination: [empty]

4. At whose disposal should: [empty]

5. Reason for sending: [empty]

6. The defendant

7. By which judicial body, when, under what article of the Criminal Code and for what term of sentence, end of sentence: Special meeting of the NKVD

8. Convoy type: [empty]

8. Distinguishing features of the convicted person: [inaudible]

10. Doctor's notes: May be followed by <signature>

11. Notes on the inclusion of a fingerprint card in the personal file, as well as a photograph: a photo of the fingerprint in the file

Prison warden's signature (without decryption)

[In the lower left corner is a round seal. The text is difficult to read. Presumably: "NKVD Directorate for the O[desa] Region. Prison Department – PRISON No. 38..."

Source: red printed form, handwritten. Signatures are autographs. Note at top: "48." Poor condition.

Full transcript:

Personal search report

Prison No. 3 , Tomsk

194 July 1, "29" day

During a personal search of prisoner Foerschein Abraham Bernandovich the following was discovered:

Nothing to hand over[l]

The search was carried out by /Moximenko/

Prisoner's signature: Feuerstein (signature in Latin)

[Back side:]

Height 166 cm

black hair

Eyes [inaudible]

There is a painful(?) spot on the right shoulder.

Source: document on printed letterhead, completed by hand. Signatures are autographs.

Persons in the document:

• Foerschein Abraham Bernandovich is a defendant in the case;
• Moximenko conducted a search.

The case included two prison photographs of the inmate.

Certificate issued to prisoner A.B. Foerstein on release on the basis of amnesty as a Polish citizen.

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STAMP:

USSR. People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs.

NKVD Directorate for Novosibirsk Oblast

Prison No. 3

Tomsk

5/IX 1941

No. 291

IDENTIFICATION

The bearer of this is citizen Feuerstein Abraham Bernardovich, born in 1917 , a native of the town of Dobczyca, Krakow Voivodeship .

Based on the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, he was amnestied as a Polish citizen and has the right to freely reside on the territory of the USSR, with the exception of the border strip, restricted areas, areas declared under martial law, and restricted cities of the first and second categories.

With him are: No one.

Citizen Abraham Bernardovich Foerstein is heading to his chosen place of residence , the city of Tomsk, Novosibirsk Region.

The certificate is valid for three months from the date of issue and after this period is subject to exchange for a passport.

The above is certified by signature and seal.

Head of Tomsk Prison: <Signature>

In the lower left corner is a round seal with the inscription: “NKVD Directorate for Novosibirsk Oblast. PRISON DEPARTMENT – PRISON No. 3.

Back of document:

I received the certificate for No. 291 in person on 5/9-41.

Signature

Persons in the document:

• Foerstein Abraham Bernardovich, Amnestied prisoner

Full transcript:

Form No. 3

PASS # 1259

Last name: Foerstein

Name: Abraham

Patronymic: Bernardovich

Issued on September 3 , 1941 .

14 hours 15 minutes

Prison chief's signature

Source : A printed form with a wide red diagonal stripe, filled out by hand. In the lower left corner is a round seal with the inscription: "NKVD Directorate for Novosibirsk Oblast. PRISON DEPARTMENT - PRISON No. 3."

Persons in the case:

• Foerstein Abraham Bernardovich is a defendant in the case.