
Yelena Kojlekova, 90, a Jewish veteran of World War II holds a photograph of herself playing the accordion with her husband when she was an 18 -year-old nurse in the Red Army, as she sits for a portrait in her home in Tel Aviv, Israel, 23 April 2013. Kojlekova said she treated wounded that were brought into Moscow. On 08 of May 1945 the deadliest war in history finished with the surrender of the Nazis, leaving over 60,000,000 people dead. Russia and most of the former Soviet republics commemorate Victory Day on 09 May since it was already 09 May Moscow time when the German military surrender became effective. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

Michael Zigron, 88, a Jewish veteran of World War II holds a photograph of himself when he was a 21-year-old soldier in the Infantry of the Red Army as he sits for a portrait in his home in Jerusalem, 11 April 2013. Zigron saw action in Ukraine during the war. On 08 of May 1945 the deadliest war in history finished with the surrender of the Nazis, leaving over 60,000,000 people dead. Russia and most of the former Soviet republics commemorate Victory Day on 09 May since it was already 09 May Moscow time when the German military surrender became effective. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

Shalom Skopas, 88, a Jewish veteran of World War II holds a photograph of himself when he was a 21-year-old infantry commander in the Red Army as he sits for a portrait in his home in Tel Aviv, Israel, 16 April 2013. On 08 of May 1945 the deadliest war in history finished with the surrender of the Nazis, leaving over 60,000,000 people dead. Russia and most of the former Soviet republics commemorate Victory Day on 09 May since it was already 09 May Moscow time when the German military surrender became effective. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

Ion Dagan, 88, a Jewish veteran of World War II, holds a photograph of himself when he was a 21-year-old Armored Corps commander in the Red Army, as he sits for a portrait in his home in Tel Aviv, Israel, 23 April 2013. He fought in Ukraine during the war. On 08 of May 1945 the deadliest war in history finished with the surrender of the Nazis, leaving over 60,000,000 people dead. Russia and most of the former Soviet republics commemorate Victory Day on 09 May since it was already 09 May Moscow time when the German military surrender became effective. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

Michael Dezaze, 88, a Jewish veteran of World War II holds a photograph of himself as a 20-year-old soldier in the navy of the Soviet Union during World War II, as he sits for a portrait in his home in the southern port town of Ashdod, Israel, 17 April 2013. Dezaze was planting mines against German ships in the Baltic Sea. On 08 of May 1945 the deadliest war in history finished with the surrender of the Nazis, leaving over 60,000,000 people dead. Russia and most of the former Soviet republics commemorate Victory Day on 09 May since it was already 09 May Moscow time when the German military surrender became effective. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

Emil Zigel, 88, a Jewish veteran of World War II sits for a portrait in his home in Rehovot, Israeli, 24 April 2013. Zigel joined the Armored Corps commander in the Red Army and saw action fighting in Berlin. On 08 of May 1945 the deadliest war in history finished with the surrender of the Nazis, leaving over 60,000,000 people dead. Russia and most of the former Soviet republics commemorate Victory Day on 09 May since it was already 09 May Moscow time when the German military surrender became effective. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

Zavelei Klainer, 91, a Jewish veteran of World War II holds a photograph of himself when he was a 21-year-old soldier in the Infantry of the Red Army as he sits for a portrait in his home in Bat yam, Israel, 16 April 2013. Klainer saw action during the war in Latvia. On 08 of May 1945 the deadliest war in history finished with the surrender of the Nazis, leaving over 60,000,000 people dead. Russia and most of the former Soviet republics commemorate Victory Day on 09 May since it was already 09 May Moscow time when the German military surrender became effective. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

Naum Orlov, 88, a Jewish veteran in World War II holds a photograph of himself as a 20-year-old soldier in the navy of the Red Army as he sits for a portrait in his home in Rishon Lezion, Israel, 18 April 2013. Orlov saw action in Odessa, Kiev and in Poland. On 08 of May 1945 the deadliest war in history finished with the surrender of the Nazis, leaving over 60,000,000 people dead. Russia and most of the former Soviet republics commemorate Victory Day on 09 May since it was already 09 May Moscow time when the German military surrender became effective. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

Michael Styskin, 85, a Jewish veteran in World War II holds a photograph of himself as a 16-year-old soldier in the navy of the Red Army as he sits for a portrait in his home in Ashkelon, Israel, 25 April 2013. Styskin saw action in the pacific ocean near Japan. On 08 of May 1945 the deadliest war in history finished with the surrender of the Nazis, leaving over 60,000,000 people dead. Russia and most of the former Soviet republics commemorate Victory Day on 09 May since it was already 09 May Moscow time when the German military surrender became effective. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

David Trbielsky, 91, a Jewish veteran of World War II holds a picture of himself when he was a 21-year-old soldier in the Soviet Union navy, as he sits for a portrait in his home in Jerusalem, 18 April 2013. It is 68 years since the Allied victory over Nazi Germany. On 08 of May 1945 the deadliest war in history finished with the surrender of the Nazis, leaving over 60,000,000 people dead. Russia and most of the former Soviet republics commemorate Victory Day on 09 May since it was already 09 May Moscow time when the German military surrender became effective. EPA/ABIR SULTAN