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Manuscript memoirs (207 p.) that describe Bernard's experiences in the Soviet Ukraine between the Wars and the Second World War in the Vinnytsia area.
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Kezar Bernard Memoirs; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Memoirs: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1959.
Memoirs: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1963.
Memoirs: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1965.
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Memoirs Accessioned 1959.
Memoirs Accessioned 1963.
Memoirs Accessioned 1965.
Memoirs Processed 01/--/79.
Formerly part of Bakhmeteff (BAR) General Ms Collection with Coll No. BAR Gen Ms Coll/Bernard.
2020-02-26 PDF removed. jg
2021-07-21 authorities revised, notes revised and expanded, bio note added. ksd
Kezar Bernard, engineer, collaborated with Germans during the occupation becoming German-appointed Vinnytsia deputy mayor(according to another source - a head of the oblast administration in Vinnytsia) under military occupation local administration created by Germans.
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