Jewish Congress of Kazakhstan and "Mitsva" Association presented Jewish republican library filial in Semipalatinsk with a new book "Jews in Kazakhstan". The book includes materials of the II International Scientific Historical Conference "Jews in Kazakhstan: history, religion, culture", held in Almaty last year.
One of the articles of that book, written by G. (T.) Kasimova, a director of Semipalatinsk Documentation center of modern history, is called "Evacuation of Jews from the USSR territories occupied by Nazi". Another article, devoted to Jews - serving
on the home front and labour front line is written by T. (U.) Tusunbaeva, a head
of Archive Technologies Department of Semipalatinsk Documentation cener of modern
history.
These and other materials uncover problems and difficulties, experienced by evacuated Jews, as well as their contribution to work of light and textile industry factories.
Semipalatinsk Hesed workers and volunteers solemnly presented authors of those articles with books "Jews in Kazakhstan".
Lubov Barohovskaya
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