Między wrogami i sprzymierzeńcami.
Opowieść poleskiego Żyda
o latach 1939–1944
Between Enemies and Allies – the Story
of a Polesian Jew 1939–1944
Author(s): Grzegorz BerendtSubject(s): History, Jewish studies, Military history, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Wojskowe Biuro Historyczne im. gen. broni Kazimierza Sosnkowskiego
Keywords: Jews; Soviet partisans; collaborationism; Polesie
Summary/Abstract: Before the war, Eleazar Segal lived in the town of Hancewicze in western Polesie (today the Brest Oblast in Belarus). He was involved in the timber trade. AfterJune 22, 1941, he escaped with his wife to the town of Lachowicze. When in 1942the Germans murdered most of the ghetto prisoners, the Segal family fled to theforest. For the next two years, they fought for survival, with the help of Soviet partisans and then the NKGB diversionary group. Segal documents the activities of theSoviet partisans and their diverse attitudes towards Jews.
Journal: Przegląd Historyczno-Wojskowy
- Issue Year: XXII/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 207-268
- Page Count: 62
- Language: Polish