Isaak Berdichevsky

His Story

From Mozyr to Berlin & Prague

Isaak Isaakovich Berdichevsky was born in 1926 in Mozyr, Belarus. He was fifteen when the war reached his home in 1941.

In November 1943, aged seventeen, he joined the Red Army. He served as a Guards private in the 11th Guards Mechanized Brigade of the 5th Guards Mechanized Corps, and fought all the way to Berlin and Prague.

In June 1945 he was awarded the Order of the Red Star. After the war he came home to Mozyr. There he met Bronia, who had come back from evacuation in Kazakhstan, and together they built our family.

He worked as a woodworker from the end of the war until he retired. Through all those years he was the one who kept the family together.

Records

Service record

These details come from the archives of the Russian Ministry of Defence, published on Pamyat Naroda ("Memory of the People"). The records spell his name two ways: Бердичевский and Бердычевский.

Name

Бердичевский Исаак Исаакович

Born

1926, Mozyr, Gomel region

Died

2007

Called up

November 1943

Rank

Guards private

Unit

11th Guards Mechanized Brigade, 5th Guards Mechanized Corps

Awards

Order of the Red Star · Capture of Berlin · Liberation of Prague · Victory over Germany