Vladimir Gelfand
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Vladimir Gelfand (Russian: Влади́мир Ната́нович Ге́льфанд) (March 1, 1923, in the village of Novoarkhanhelsk, Kirovohrad Oblast – November 25, 1983, in the city of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine) was a diarist and Soviet soldier in World War II.
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He is known as the author of the diaries from the years 1941–1946 which were published in Germany, Sweden and Russia. The book with the diaries-notices of the officer in the Red Army Vladimir Gelfand: German Diary 1945–1946 (Deutschland-Tagebuch 1945–1946) – Notations of a Soldier in the Red Army has become the first one which is published in Germany.