Aleksander Karpov from Baranovichi

[Boris Feldblyum boris@bfcollection.net]

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Aleksander Karpov (possibly Karpovich) was born in Minsk ca. 1917. In 1946,
he worked in the passport issuing office (passportnyj stol in Russian) in
Baranovichi where he used his position to issue false documents to Jews who
wanted to get out of the Soviet Union. He was, presumably arrested in late
1946 and executed in February, 1947.

It is possible his name was not even Karpov, but the circumstances are
"accurately" remembered, as per my elderly distant cousin.

This situation was not unique. I personally knew two people who were
involved in similar underground activities after the war, although in
Lithuania. Both were caught, both served about 8-10 years in the camps.

If the Karpov story rings a bell with anybody, even remotely, please write
me a note. It would be nice to learn more details about this man, while some
of the beneficiaries of his efforts are still with us. Even if *your* story
took place in another town, or its central figure was a woman, not a man -
it may still contain clues. People in the USSR knew well how to hide their
traces.

Boris Feldblyum
Potomac, MD
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