Jews in Soviet partisan units in the north-eastern territories of the Second Republic of Poland 1941-1944 - an outline of the problem Cover Image

Żydzi w sowieckich oddziałach partyzanckich na północno-wschodnich terenach Drugiej RP 1941–1944 – zarys problematyki
Jews in Soviet partisan units in the north-eastern territories of the Second Republic of Poland 1941-1944 - an outline of the problem

Author(s): Magdalena Semczyszyn
Subject(s): Military history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of the Holocaust, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów & IFiS PAN
Keywords: Holocaust; Soviet partisan units; survival strategies; Jews in partisan detachments;

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses Jews’ membership in Soviet partisan units in the Vilna and Novogrudok regions during the German occupation (1941‒1944). The author discusses and at the same time sums up the existing findings of historians from various countries which have been absent from Polish historiography. Aside the extensive bibliographical references, the article includes basic information about the location and operation of the Soviet partisan units which had Jewish members as well as the Jewish survival groups and family detachments. It also discusses their specificity, operation, and significance as the main determinant of survival of the Jewish population on those territories.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 139-171
  • Page Count: 33
  • Language: Polish