Alternate names
Biography
Iser Turetz was born on 4 September 1915 in Kaunas, a son of Yakov and Simcha Freida Turetz. He was imprisoned in Lithuania in 1928 and again in 1936–37, following an indictment and court hearing. Having emigrated from Lithuania, he served in the Red Army and was killed in action around Kursk in July 1943.
Occupations1
- Welder
Life events10
- IndictmentKaunas, Lithuania
Indictment against Turecas and 19 co-defendants drawn up in Kaunas by Lt. Col. Rudminas
- PrisonKaunas, Lithuania
Turecas held in Military Prison; final sentence confirmed at 8 years (per L.A., 16 May 1937); there is no further information how long he was in prision for.
Summary This document is a Lithuanian archival file (Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas, Fond 77, Inventory 28, File 11807) containing the personal/court file of Isaras Turecas, son of Jankelis, born 1913 in Kaunas — along with 19 co-defendants (including Gita Aronzonaitė, Dovydas Kamermanas, Sozajus Tolkačovas, Ignas Budenovas, and others) who were prosecuted by the Lithuanian Military Court for underground Communist/Bolshevik activity in and around Jonava, Ukmergė, and the Deltuva district in 1934. The file includes the 1936 indictment, detailed interrogation testimony, physical evidence (illegal newspapers and proclamations), a list of witnesses and defendants with their addresses/places of detention, press coverage of the trial verdict, and later archival registration cards (including Comintern/ECCI personnel cards from the 1950s). The core narrative: informant Dovydas Kamermanas — later exposed in court as a police provocateur — implicated Turecas as having been secretary of a Young Communist League cell in Kaunas around 1930 under the alias "Paulas." Turecas denied all charges, pointing out he would have been only about 15 years old at the time and could not have plausibly recruited an older Kamermanas. Despite his denial, he was convicted and sentenced to 8 years' hard labour. Other defendants received sentences ranging from acquittal to 12 years, largely based on Kamermanas's testimony, which defense counsel worked to discredit during the September 1936 trial. Key Dates and Events Date Event 1928 Isaras Turecas reportedly first meets Dovydas Kamermanas in prison (Turecas serves 3 months) Autumn 1929 Kamermanas moves to Kaunas, is recruited into a Young Communist cell by Biuna Kolaitė Early 1930 Kamermanas transferred to a new cell where Turecas allegedly served as secretary under alias "Paulas" Autumn 1932 Akrudinas Kozlovas meets Karpas Timofejevas in Rimkai village 18–19 April 1934 Leaflets ("Long Live the 1st of May") scattered along the Šėta–Ukmergė highway 1 May 1934 Red flags hung on telephone poles/trees near Ukmergė–Šėta highway 2 August 1934 Newspaper Tiesa (No. 6) found on Milašiūnai–Ukmergė highway Summer 1934 Forest meeting near Milašiūnai; Gita Aronzonaitė incites overthrow of government; Leonas Feodorovas elected cell secretary 9 September 1934 Anti-government leaflets scattered in Ukmergė 11 September 1934 "International Working Youth Day" leaflets distributed in Milašiūnai 2 October 1934 Copies of Tiesa and Komjaunuolis found in Jakutiškiai village 13 February 1934 Leizeris Šliamperis convicted, sentenced to 10 years' hard labour 26 September 1935 Kaunas District Court acquits Gita-Chana Geršonavičiūtė and Tauba Kolaitė 16 May 1936 Indictment against Turecas and 19 co-defendants drawn up in Kaunas by Lt. Col. Rudminas 21–22 September 1936 Military Court trial held 2 September 1936 (press report, Lietuvos žinios) Verdicts announced: Aronzonaitė – 12 years; Turecas, Kolaitė-Glezerienė, Bulatovas, Volosenko – 8 years each; others receive lesser sentences; three acquitted 1936–1937 Turecas held in Military Prison; final sentence confirmed at 8 years (per L.A., 16 May 1937)
- ResidenceKaunas, Lithuania
11, V.Putvinskio g., Kaunas, Lithuania
In Lithuanian-Jewish Tax and Voter Lists from LitvakSIG, 1839-1955
- Military Service
16th Lithuanian Rifle Division of the Red Army
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Family
Media2
Iseras Turecas
Turecas Iseris, 11 December 1932