Gilya Vaksenburg

Schüler, geboren 1925 in Zakharino/Zacharyno, ermordet 1942 in unklar

Gilya Vaksenburg kam 1925 im westrussischen Dorf Zakharino zur Welt. Sein Vater Iser war Bauer in der Kolchose, seine Mutter Nikhama kümmerte sich um den Haushalt. Gilya war noch Schüler, als im Juni 1941 deutsche Truppen das Dorf besetzten. Knapp ein Jahr später, am 2. Mai 1942 erschossen die Besatzer über 200 Juden aus Zakharino. Unter ihnen waren auch Gilya und seine Familie. Er war 17 Jahre alt.

Gilya Vaksenburg was born in 1925 in the west Russian village of Zakharino. His father, Iser, was a farmer in the collective, while his mother, Nikhama, took care of the home. Gilya was a schoolboy when German troops occupied the village in June 1941. About a year later, on 2 May 1942, the occupiers shot 200 Jews from Zakharino. Among them were Gilya and his family. He was 17 years old.