Tag #148680 - Interview #95439 (Maria Zabozlaeva)

I had one Jewish classmate Fania Chait. There were Jewish girls at school. We never faced any different attitudes.  I have my Jewish identity stated in all my documents. This is the so-called Item 5 [20]. I became a pioneer and joined the Komsomol [21]. I took an active part in pioneer activities. We supported and helped older people at home. I never faced any negative attitudes. Perhaps, I never gave it a thought, really. It’s hard to say now. I participated in amateur concerts reciting excerpts from books and poems: Gertzen [Gertzen, Alexander I. (1812-1870): Russian revolutionary, writer and philosopher] ‘The Bygone and Thoughts’. When a senior pupil I attended a history club in the House of Officers. Boys from a school for boys attended it, too.