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List of names extracted from
“Biographical Dictionary of Jewish Resistance”

(Kaf–Shin)

Translated by Shalom Bronstein

 

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  Kaf
CHAWKIN Jefim M Sevastopol 1917 During a patrol attacked by Germans & police; shot himself with the last bullet. Malinov in the region of Glusk 07.04.1943 At the beginning of the War was a first lieutenant in the Red Army; after their retreat, he remained in Beylorussia & orgainized bands of partisans; was the head of a special unit in the Bolaeiv Brigade. 11
CHARINA F Physician After escaping from the Ghetto, she was caught in a German ambush & was captured; murdered by the Germans. Minsk She was a member of the underground in the Minsk Ghetto. 11
CHWOJNIK Abram Abrasha M Ruzhany 1907 Escaped from the Ghetto; encountered Germans; fought & was captured with his colleagues they were publicly hanged in front of Jews. Vilna, Rusa Square Jakow KAPLAN, Asja BIK Active in the Vilna Ghetto; representative of the Bund in PPA; attempted to escape via the sewer pipes; awarded the Virtuti Militari citation by the Polish government ; there is a photograph. 11
KAGAN Eliyahu Eli M Ivye After liberation, inducted into the Red Army & all traces of him were lost. His brothers Jakov & Mordechaj KAGAN; Tuwia BIELSKI Escaped with his brothers from the German forced labor camp in Lida; joined the Kalinin Brigade & later joined the Neivski Division. 11
KAGAN Alter M Zdzieciol 1923 Killed mining a road; mine they planted exploded causing his death. Lida Nowogrodek road 29.04.1944 Hirsh KAPLINSKY,Tuwia BIELSKI, Josef BUSZLIN, Szmuel BLACHMAN Escaped to the Lipczanska forest; partisan in the Bourba Brigade, Lenin Division, Ordzhnikidzha Brigade; participated in many attacks against Germans & Latvians; in ambushes, burning houses, mining roads; nominated to receive citation for outstanding service. 11
KAGAN Henoch M Ya'akov Aharon Stojaciszki in the vicinity of Swieciany 1918 On returning from a mission, crossed a bridge while a battle was taking place; seriously wounded, he was killed by a grenade that was thrown. Bridge over the Disna River 12.1943 The Eliyahu GEDUD family (parents & 4 children) Fled to the Kazian forest; a partisan in Brigade 4 of Spartak Division; involved in liquidation actions against fortified positions; dynamiting trains & revenge attacks on collaborators; he was deeply involved & concerned with obtaining supplies for the Jewish family camps. 12
KAGAN Jakow Jankel M Ivye near Lida After liberation, inducted into the Red Army & all traces of him were lost. His brothers Jakov & Mordechaj KAGAN Escaped with his brothers from the German forced labor camp in Lida; joined the Kalinin Brigade & later the Neivski Division 13
KAGAN Mordechaj Motke M Ivye near Lida 1926 Seriously wounded in battle with German soldiers & died from his wounds. Hospital in Lida 07.1944 His brothers Jakov & Eliyahu KAGAN Escaped with his brothers from the German forced labor camp in Lida; joined the Kalinin Brigade & later the Neivski Division; participated in many missions, mining train tracks, attacking fortified positions, burning trains & cutting communication lines. 13
KAGAN Mosze M Kobryn 1911 After parachuting behind enemy lines, attacked by Germans & killed. In the area of Byten-Slonim 01.08.1942 Was a soldier in the Red Army at the time of the German invasion; his Brigade was surrounded; he refused to surrender & escaped with the others; he first helped re-establish factories that relocated to the east; later he enlisted, was sent to a sabotage training school & was parachuted behind enemy lines. 13
KAGAN Nachum Elijahu M Sofer - scribe for Torah scrolls Mir 1908 Killed by the drunk anti-Semitic commander of his unit. Rubiezewicze Active in the Bund; composed Yiddish songs; a partisan in the Pronza Division; excelled as a saboteur, mining many railroad tracks; nominated to receive commendations. Also known as Eli. 13
KAGAN Rachel F Nieswiez Fell in a struggle on the day of the mass killing. Lea DUKER She was 19 years old; worked as a weapons cleaner in the German military headquarters; smuggled parts of machine guns on her body along with bullet magazines & hand grenades. 14
KAGANOWICZ Mordechaj M Carpenter Wolozyn 1910 Fell after his entire family was murdered. Bialy Brzeg near Bakszt 20.02.1943 Among the first to escape the Wolozyn Ghetto; a partisan in the Stalin Brigade; liked by everyone. 14
KAHAN M Russia Killed by Russian partisans because he forbade them to plunder & excessively drink alcohol. Puscza, Naliboki A partisan in the Neivski Brigade; served as 'politruk' (?) of the Brigade. 14
KAHAN Chaim M 1910 Lodz Fell in battle. 1944 After he moved to Bialystok, one of the first to flee to the forest where he joined a group of Jewish partisans. 14
KAHAN KAGAN Jakow M Married Physician Lachowicze Baranowicze, Zdzieciol Was with a large group that left through an excavated tunnel; caught by Germans who killed them. Nowogrodek 26.09.1943 Berl JOSELEWICZ, DWORECKI Active in Zionist organizations; founder & head of the 'uprising committee' when he was in jail; planned escape for himself & other prisoners by tunneling under the court house; a number of Jews were caught but others managed to escape. 14
CHWALECKI Jehuda M Carpenter Dabrowa 1911 On a mission to obtain weapons, attacked by Lithuanian soldiers; killed in the battle that ensued. Poddebie 24.05.1943 Heniek ZAKS Fled from Lida to the forest; rejected by partisan unit since he did not have a weapon; he & his colleagues were assigned to provide for the family camp. 15
CHOJNA Matilda F Nurse Pultusk, Poland In an attack by Ukrainian fascists, she was among the partisans killed. forest next to the village Wiczowka, Polesie 1943 Tamar GRAUBERT She & her friend were left by the Germans to work in the local hospital; they fled to the house of a farmer & from there joined the Voroshilov Brigade; she ran the partisan infirmary & went out on battle missions as a medic. 15
CHOJNOWSKI M Bialystok There are 2 accounts of his death: (1) fell in battle; (2) murdered by Russian partisans. 1943 Among the first to escape to the Trochnovitz forest 15
CHOCINSKI M Piask 1919 Wounded in battle; there was no possiblity of saving him & he cut his own throat. 1944 A partisan in the Poveida Brigade. 16
CHLEBNIK Reuwen M Yona Leib Henya Zdzieciol 1915 After liberation fell in battle as a soldier in the Red Army. KAPLINSKI He fled from the Zdzieciol Ghetto to the Lipczanska forest; a partisan in a Jewish Brigade & then in the Orliyanski Brigade & finally in the Ordzhnikidzha Brigade. 16
CHMIELNICKI Jekusiel M Baker Dereczyn 1904 After liberation fell in battle as a soldier in the Red Army. Dr. ATLAS A partisan in the Poveida Brigade; participated in battles, burning houses, executing traitors, derailing trains & blowing up bridges. He was awarded the citations War of the Homeland, First Rank & the Red Star. 16
KAC M Fell in an encounter between an underground group on the way to the forest with police. Near Garliawa 26.10.1943 He was a member of the Kovno Ghetto uprising group; went with a group of men to the Augustova forest. 16
KAC Eliyahu Eli M Married Cheikel Ivye Died of typhus. 01.1944 His daughter: Sima SZEFTEL, Hirz LEWKOWICZ, Sonder BILOWSKI, Szepsel SZEFTEL, Lejb KALMANOWICZ Among the organizers of his town's underground; concerned with acquiring weapons; fled with a group of men to the forest; he joined the Neivski Brigade; was in charge of weapons & supplies; helped in integrating young Jews into the Brigade. 16
KAC Efraim M Fell in action. Next to the village of Kashmeina A partisan in the Jewish Unit Vafeirod in the Bialystok forest. 17
KAC Bencion Pawlowski M Vilna After liberation fell in the effort to clear the homefront of German soldiers. Batoraga road between Vilna & Polock 07.1944 Lutek SZNAJDER A partisan in the Kalinin Brigade in the Narocz forest. 17
KAC Berl M Klevan, Volhyn 1924 Wounded & killed in battle. 1943 Fled from the town, wandered in the forest until accepted into the Ostrovski Brigade. 17
KAC Gerszon M Eliyahu Ivye 1921 The partisan unit to which he belonged attacked a Belorussian unit & he was killed in the battle. Lugomowicze in the area of Iwie 02.1944 Was together with his father in the Iwie underground; fled to the Naliboki forest & joined the Stalin Brigade; excelled in mining railroad tracks & severing telephone wires; transferred to the Neivski Brigade & was together with his father, brothers & sister; helped in daily managing of the Brigade but participated mostly in actions. 17
KAC Dow M Yehuda Lakhwa Died after liberation. Germany Partisan in the Polesie forests. 18
KAC Chaim M Piask 1920 After liberation fell in battle as a soldier in the Red Army. In the area of Bialystok Partisan in the Poveida Brigade. 18
KAC Chaim M Ya'akov Kamen Kashirskiy, Volhyn 1918 After liberation fell in battle as a soldier in the Red Army. Germany 04.1944 Fled from the Ghetto & accepted into the Kruk Brigade; was in the sabotage division; participated in the mining & dynamiting of fully loaded trains; ambushes & skirmishes with Germans & Ukrainian nationalists; burning storehouses & bridges. 18
KAC Jehoszua M Married Skalat Fell in battle. Carpathian Mountains His 12 year-old son A partisan in the Kovpak Division. 18
KAC Leiba Lejb M Olknik 1922 While with his colleagues & commander, attacked by White Poles & was killed while helping his commander. The village of Berezowce in the Vilna district 14.02.1944 His sister Fejgla Fled from the Radun Ghetto & joined the Kotovski Brigade; appoined an officer; participated in burning estates storing German food supplies; fought against Germans; destroyed German dairies; excelled in battle against German military guards; gathered important information on movement of enemy . 18
KAC Cwi M Married Teacher Avraham Gala Dolhinov, region of Vilna 1919 A member of the Haganah, participated in the battles of Kinneret & Degania; fell in the War of Independence The outskirts of Tzemach, Israel 18.05.1948 Fled to the surrounding forest & was a partisan; in charge of family camp; soldier in the Red Army; intern & instructor in school for officers of the Polish people's army; came on Aliyah on the Tel Hai illegal immigrant ship; joined the Haganah, among the defenders of Kineret & Sejera. 18
KAC Riwka F Ludmir 1918 Murdered by a band of the Indrovitzim. She fought in the Polish-Jewish Kompaniya Peitrosha Brigade in the Volhyn forests. 19
KAC Rachel F Kovno She was killed carrying out an operation outside the Ghetto. Kovno Served as a communications person in the Ghetto underground; took children out of the Ghetto; there is a photograph.. 19
KAC Szlomo Shliamk M Kalisz Fell while participating in an ambush against retreating Germans. Naliboki forest 07.1944 At the onset of the War fled to the Soviet Union; joined the camp of Zorin in the Naliboki forest. 19
CHARCHAS Josef M Meir Eli Shifra Mir 1923 Fell during the massive German hunt. Naliboki forest 07.1943 Dow RESNIK, BIELSKI A member of the underground in Mir; fled to the area forest; after disappointment in meeting with Russian partisans, crossed the Neiman River & at first joined the Sovietskoyo Belarus Brigade & later the Staritzki Brigade; participated in battles & sabotage missions. 19
  Lamed
LAUFER Pinchas M Mendel Rachel Podhaitza 1929 While in food convoy, Arabs set fire to the armored vehicle he was in. Near Hulda, Israel 31.03.1948 He fled to the forest & joined the partisans; he came on Aliyah on the illegal boat Tel Hai & joined Kibbutz Elon; was in the Palmach & participated in many missions; born 20 Adar 5689. 19
LAZARENKO "Kapitan" M Russia He was shot by the unit's commanding officer when they were riding together. Commissar in the Sibiriyak Brigade in the Naliboki forests. 20
LAMPERT Jochanan M Metalworker, welder Yosef Rachel Grodno 1913 Fell in battle with Lithuanians who were fighting partisans. Kowale, Lithuania 20.06.1944 Fled from the Ghetto & accepted into the Davidov Brigade; participated in the battle activities of the Brigade. 20
LANDSMAN Abraham Abrasha M Semeliskiai, Lithuania Fell in an attempt to free the remnants of the Koszydor camp. Koszydor 02.1944 In the underground in the Koszydor forced labor camp; after connecting with the Free Lithuania Brigade the members of the undergound fled to the forest & joined the partisans. 20
LAPCZYNCKI Chaim M By chance was in the Bialystok Ghetto at the time of the revolt; fell on his attackers with an ax, was shot and killed. 08.1943 Was the head of a group of partisans in the Bialystok area. 20
LAKSIN M Aharon Yisrael Slonim Killed while in action. Partisan in the forests in the area of the town of his birth. 20
LAKSIN Israel M After a mission, returned to the base, was accused of desertion, sentenced to death & executed. In the outskirts of Baranowicze A soldier in the Polish army & later a partisan; known as a fearless fighter. 20
LABETKIN Noach M Married Shoemaker Zdzieciol 1904 Fell in battle with Germans. Broda-Yavorska 1943 Escaped the Nowogrodek forced labor camp; joined the company of Dr. Atlas; participated in battle actions. 20
LEBIEDZ Jandzia M Vilna 1915 Fell in the 2nd Bialystok Ghetto revolt. 08.1943 A member of the Vilna underground; went to the Bialystok Ghetto to organize the undergound; participated in the first uprising; captured & sent to Treblinka; jumped off the train & returned to Bialystok & continued his underground activities. 21
LABINOWICZ Bencijon Beni M Jakowlewo near Drogichin in the area of Pinsk Fell with his colleagues. 1943 Fled with his colleagues to the Jozfina forest; there they organized themselves into an independent partisan division; there is a photograph. 21
LABINOWICZ Jakow M Zvi Alta Jakowlewo near Drogichin in the area of Pinsk Fell with his colleagues while negotiating with the Dzhenkovski Brigade; they seized their weapons & killed them. Jozfina forest Alter MAZURSKI Among the organizers of the escape from the Kobryn camp; together with colleagues organized themselves into an independent partisan division; fought collaborators & sabotaged German property. 21
LEWKOWICZ Abraham Bokser M Pozen (perhaps in Lodz) 1916 Fell in battle against retreating Germans. Slonim-Kozlowszczyzna road 14.07.1944 Sh. BERENSZTEJN Fled to the area of Nowogrodek; returned & warned the people about the German intentions; joined the company of Dr. Atlas in the Poveida Brigade; participated in their battles; liquidated Germans, mined & derailed trains. 21
LEWKOWICZ Hirsz Hirszka M Zalman Ita Trob 1923 Returning from a mission of confiscation of goods, they chanced upon Russians who stole their property & killed them. Strzysenieta 06.02.1943 Tuwia BIELSKI, Chaja TZIRULNIK-LEWIN, Hirz GOLDSZMIDT, Frida WISMINSKI, Szepsel SZEFTEL, Lejb KALMANOWICZ Brought to the Ivye Ghetto; fled from the Ghetto with colleagues; dug an underground bunker that served as a shelter; they took revenge on murderers of Jews & confiscated property. 22
LEWKOWICZ Matos M Diatkowice 1920 Fell in battle. Naliboki forest 1943 Fled with colleagues from the Krasna forced labor camp; with the few weapons in their possession, they attacked Germans; joined the Narodny Mastital Brigade. 22
LEWENBOK Hilel M Zdzieciol 1919 Fell as a soldier in the Red Army. Crossing Narov River, Bialystok front 07.1944 Fled to the Lipczanska forest; at first was with the Jewish group of H. Kaplinski & afterwards in the Bourba Brigade; participated in battles & ambushes; after liberation joined the Red Army. 22
LEWENBOK Miriam Mira F Zdzieciol 1915 She fell in an attempt to escape from the last beseigment. Naliboki forest 06.1944 She was a partisan in the Bourba Brigade. 22
LEDERHENDLER Luba F Kowel Turned over to the Gestapo; shot & her body was thrown into the river. Fled from the Kowel Ghetto & got to the forest; she served as a liason between various groups of partisans. 22
Luba F Vilna 1925 Together with her colleague, wounded in a battle against White Poles; attempted to cross a river, shot & killed. Lipczanska forest Katya (from Kiev) She was a partisan in the Bourba Brigade; along with her colleague involved in housekeeping chores; participated in battles. 23
LUBOCKI Imka M Baruch Vilna Led a group on a mining mission & was killed by a mine planted next to a telephone pole. Vilna-Poltzniki Road 1944 His brother Daniel LUBOCKI, Nachum GALPERN, GRINBERG, PIKOWSKI, Nachum RODSHAVSKI Among the first members of the PPA in the Vilna Ghetto; at the time of the revolt was the head of a fighting group; escaped to the Rudniki forest; the commander appointed him as the commanding officer of the Jewish unit; participated in many battles; ambushes against the White Poles; obtained weapons; appointed head of the Bourba Brigade. 23
LUBOCKI Daniel Danka M Baruch Vilna Shot while in a farmer's house during a mission; it is thought that he was shot by Lithuanian partisans. Dahanowa 1944 His brother Imka LUBOCKI, Zhvinska SOLKA, LIPINOHOLC, Aba KOWNER Active in the PPA in the Vilna Ghetto; on the day of defending themselves in the Ghetto was captured by the Germans but managed to escape the Gestapo; fled to the forest & joined Aba Kowner's group; appointed to head the group 'For the Victory' in the unit; participated in many battles. 23
LOBZOWSKI Awraham Lawadrik M Dereczyn 1924 Captured by Germans in a farmer's house where he was recovering after surgery; died after a struggle. A partisan in the Poveida Brigade; excelled in courage & strong desire to fight; participated in attack & revenge missions; cited 3 times for bravery; received the citation 'War of the Fatherland' Grade One. 24
LOBZOWSKI Jicchak M Baranowicze 1920 Sentenced to death & shot for expropriating a sewing machine from a farmer. 01.11.1943 Perec SLUCKI Among the first to flee the Baranowicze Ghetto; partisan in the Orlovski Brigade; participated in many daring battle missions. 24
LUBECKI Jakow M Radun 1922 All traces of him were lost after the great pursuit. Near the village of Balteniszki 16.06.1943 After escaping from the Radun Ghetto, a partisan in the Leninski Komsomol Brigade. 24
LUBRANIECKI Waclaw Watzk M Married Physician Lodz 1903 Died from typhus. Naliboki forest 1943 Sister Anya After the first mass killing in Baranowicze, fled from the Ghetto with his wife; joined the Strelkov Brigade; was the Brigade's doctor; concerned with the wellbeing of the Jews. 24
LEVI Jakow (Antonos Gudaoskas) M Kovno He fell with his compatriot on their way to carry out a special operation. Koslowa-Ruda forest 07.1944 Icchak MIKLISZANSKI, Mendel MOSKOWICZ, Chaim JELIN, Gesja GLAZER, Chaim Dawid RATNER Among the active members of the anti-fascist organization in Kovno Ghetto; carried out daring operations to acquire weapons; made it possible for young Jews to join partisans in Lithuania; joined the Kadima Brigade; excelled as a fighter & radioman; additional name listed, Antonos Gudaoskos . 24
LEWIN Awraham M Pesach Feiga Rachel Trob 1911 Killed with his colleagues returning from a failed operation of planting mines. Naliboki forest 04.1943 Tuwia BIELSKI, Joel SAWICKI, Leizer TZIRULNIK, Meir ROMANOWSKI Fled from the Ivye Ghetto to the Morin forest & later to the Naliboki forest; joined the Alexander Nevsky Brigade. 25
LEWIN Berl M Kovno 1924 The unit he was part of discovered a weapons storehouse; they were surrounded by Lithuanians and he was killed in the ensuing battle. At kilometer 23 Kovno-Maryampole Road A member of the revolt movement; left the Ghetto together with a group of 25 young people. 25
LEWIN Gerszon or Ruwen M Wyskow He & his wife fell in battle with Germans. Near the village of Dworzysk 02.01.1944 His wife Tania BIBER A member of the Jewish underground in the Bialystok Ghetto; concerned himself with supplying arms to the Ghetto; organized the escape to the forest & fought in the Parois Brigade. 26
LEWIN Josef M Shoemaker Kolshiki 1924 Was killed by White Poles. 07.1943 His brother Mosze LEWIN Fled from the Woronow Ghetto; a machine-gunner in the Parkonas Brigade; participated in many battles, especially in liquidating White Poles; concerned himself with supplying weapons to groups of refugees who got to the forest. 26
LEWIN Mosze M Yisrael Radoszkowice 1922 Part of the group that fell in an attempt to break out of a German encirclement. Polock-Borisow forests 05-07.1944 Fled from the Ghetto with other youth; joined the Ponomarnko Brigade; participated in joint battle actions with Units of the Red Army. 26
LEWIN Mosze M Kolshiki 1928 After being betrayed a battle broke out with White Poles & he was killed. Road leading to Baranowicze His brother Josef LEWIN Fled from the Ghetto & got to the Rudniki forest; a machine gunner in the Parkonas Brigade; participated in actions & in the blowing up of a water tower. 26
LEWIN Mosze M Arrested after a liquidation action, he bravely faced his cross-examination & was shot. Kovno Among the leaders of the Kovno underground; commanding officer of the Ghetto police; organized battle units & battle plans; encouraged people who fled Ghetto; executed Jewish collaborators with the enemy; worked tirelessly to keep prices from rising in the Ghetto; concerned himself with supplying weapons. 26
LEWIN Mosze M Vilna 1924 Killed by White Poles; 2 versions (1) in a house; (2) died of wounds after a supply mission. Lithuanian forests A partisan in the Bourba Brigade; proved his bravery; awarded commendations. 27
LEWIN Matityahu Matys M Plumber Vilna 1915 Wounded in his stomach on returning from a revenge operation on a White Pole base; died from his injury. Wounded in Nivinitza & died in the Rudniki forest base Szmuel KAPLANSKI, Israel ROZOW, Vitka KAMPNER, Chaja SZAPIRO, Elchanan MAGID Member of the PPA in the Vilna Ghetto; involved in smuggling weapons; sabatoging electric & water installations of the Germans; revenge operations against White Poles. 27
LEWIN Pesach M Radun 1915 Fell in battle against Germans who surrounded & torched the house where he was staying with colleagues. 2 Kislev 5703 Got to the forest from Radun & joined the Leninski Komsomol Brigade. 27
LEWIN Szmuel M Vilna Fell with 3 colleagues in confrontation with German police guards. 08.1943 Dow (Buria) FRIDMAN Among the group of young people who left the Vilna Ghetto for the Rudniki forest; they were tasked to set up bases for other groups. 28
LEWIN Szymon M Mendel Esther Swieciany 1908 On a patrol with colleagues stopped in the house of a farmer who called for German help; killed in the ensuing battle. Near Lyntypy 14.11.1943 His brother Ruwen LEWIN, his sister Rachel LEWIN, Alexander KATZNELBOGEN (Alexander BOGEN) He fled from the Ghetto; maintained contact with young people in the Ghetto & at the time of its liquidation he brought out his fighting colleagues; he joined the Brigade commanded by Markov; carried out reconaissance & spying patrols. 28
LEWINBOK Zelig M Physician Nisan Lyova Baranowicze 01.10.1909 After settling in Israel, died of a sudden heart attack. Israel 06.07.1956 Worked in the Ghetto hospital & from there was sent to the Koldichevo concentration camp; served as the doctor; contacted partisans & was the doctor of the Grozny Brigade & later as the chief surgeon in the Komsomoltz Brigade; greatly admired & respected; saved the lives of many Jews; received letters of commendation & awarded the Red Star; after the war wandered around Europe until settling in Israel in 1947; there is a photograph. 28
LEWINSON Mordechaj M 1924 Vilna Sentenced to death for shooting a partisan (apparently by accident) & shot. 05.1944 Partisan. 29
LEWICKI Gerszon M Slonim Fell in battle. Wilcze-Nory forests Fighter in Company 51 of Shachurs Brigade. 29
LUNIN Cvi M Yisrael Sheina Wolozyn 1923 Went on a reconnaissance mission with colleagues; caught in a German ambush, wounded & died. In the area of Molodeczno 08.03.1944 After the liquidation of the Wolozyn Ghetto, escaped to the Naliboki forest & joined the Staritzki Brigade; went on ambushes & participated in battles. 29
LUNSKI Grisza M Teacher Bialystok Attempted to deal with a bomb & was killed on the spot. Six kilometers from Bialystok 16.08.1943 Joel KISLER Fled from the Ghetto to the Azov forest; joined the Kadima Brigade & edited the Brigade's newspaper. 29
LUSTIK Majtek M Warsaw Participataed in an attack on a German base; wounded by shrapnel from a hand grenade; was not evacuated & later found dead. Chmili, next to the Briask-Moscow Road Wiktor GUZOWSKI Escaped the Slonim Ghetto to the forest & joined Company 51 of the partisans. 29
LUSKI Chaim M Ivenets 1923 Vilna Was in a group that was attacked by Germans; fell in this encounter. Next to the railroad to Polock, past the Kazian forest 10 Tishrei 5702 A member of PPA in Vilna; was a policeman at the Ghetto gate & aided a great deal in the smuggling of weapons; joined the Glazman group in the Narocz forest. 30
LOPATICKI M Was in a defensive ambush that was discovered; attacked by a large number of Germans & was killed by the hand grenade that he tossed. Smeizhbo Ch. CHOLOWSKI Was in the Nieswiez Ghetto; left the Ghetto & got to the Kapoli forest; among the first members of the Zhukov Brigade. 30
LUPA Szmuel M Moshe Maniewicze 1909 Killed as a soldier in the Red Army. Near Warsaw 08.1944 After the Nazi occupation went to the forests; joined the Marx Brigade; superb sniper; appointed commander; participated in battles in Ukraine; after his death awarded Letter of Praise & the Red Star commendations. 30
LUFT Anda F Engineer Stanislawow The group she was in was attacked by Germans & Ukrainians; she fell when the ammunition ran out. Near Stanislawow 05.11.1943 She headed a group of partisans from her town. 30
LUFTIN Dow Berl M Married Wysosk, Polesie 1900 Lakhwa He stepped on a mine that he had planted that very day. In the area of Lachwa [Polesie] 08.11.1943 Was the head of the Judenrat; prevented many edicts & succeeded in avoiding a mass killing; left the Ghetto & called on others to do the same; joined the Stalin Brigade; headed many daring operations; participated in deraling trains & in dynamiting the Lachwa city council building; there is a 2nd possibility that the date of death is 01.04.1944. 30
LOPIANSKI Boruch Boris M Plumber Shlomo Kovno 1921 On returning from a mission of derailing trains, as he was commanding his group, he fell in battle. Near Pietraszuny, 9 kilometers from Vilna 20.04.1944 31
LUKOWER Chaim M Married Warsaw 1911 Killed in a battle with White Poles returning from a patrol in an area where there were White Poles. Narocz forest Partisan in the Nekama Brigade; participated in actions to acquire weapons, topple telegraph poles & attacks on Lithuanian police stations. 31
LORBER Dawid M Mordecai Lishnevka in the area of Maniewicze 1916 At the time of the great seige he was separated from his brigade; he was wounded by members of another brigade who did not identify him. Milchat 11.1943 Left the village with his colleagues & together they established the Kruk Brigade; participated in derailing trains; eliminating estates; blowing up bridges; cutting down telephone poles, ambushes & other related activities. 32
LURIA Meir M Kovno Killed with a collegue on a sabotage mission. Kovno Feiwel FARAD A member of the fighting group in Kovno; a distinguished saboteur; awarded the Red Flag commendation. 32
LORENCZYK Jehoszua M Zdzieciol 1915 Went with a group of partisans on a mission & only 2 returned; not known how he died. In the area of Rozanka 01.07.1943 Yisrael ZHUROVITZKI A soldier in the Polish army until the fall of Warsaw; returned to Zdzieciol; at the time of the 2nd mass murder, broke through the seige & got to the Lipczanska forest; joined the fighters under the command of H. Kaplinski & afterwards joined the Bourba Brigade; participated in battles, sabotage & revenge operations; deeply involved with the family camp. 32
LATUCHA Dawid M Baruch Golda Lenin 1924 Fell as a soldier in the Red Army. Gates of Berlin 04.1944 Escaped from the forced labor camp & got to the Zhlazniak Brigade; participated in sabotage activities directed against Germans & collaborators; after liberation was a soldier in the Red Army. 32
LIBERMAN Jicchak M Zvi Pohost in the area of Rowne 1924 Fell as a soldier in the Red Army. Germany 02.1945 Accepted into the Bogdan Khmelnytsky Brigade; participated in battles & ambushes against the Germans. 32
LIBERSZTEJN Dwora F Maniewicze She fell in the hands of the Germans when on a scouting mission to find a new location for the brigade; she died after being tortured. Skolin forest A partisan & wireless operator in the Kruk Brigade; known for her courage. 33
LIDSKI Jerachmiel M Szczuczyn 1919 Fell with his brother in the great hunt [for partisans]. Lipczanska forest 06.1944 His brother Mejrim LIDSKI Jumped from the train on the way to Majdanek; at first was in the Bourba Brigade & afterwards in the Unit of General Kapsuta; execelled in battles; lightly wounded; awarded commendation by General Kapsuta. 33
LIDSKI Mejrim M Driver Szczuczyn 1917 Fell with his brother in the great hunt [for partisans]. Lipczanska forest 06.1944 His brother Jerechmiel LIDSKI After fleeing got to the Lipczanska forest; at first was in the Bourba Brigade & afterwards was in a group led by Stepan Piotrowicz; participated in battles. 33
LIDSKI Michal M Yosef Devorah Horodok 1916 Fell in service with the Red Army. In the area of Konigsberg 1944 Completed a Red Army officers' training course; after the retreat of the army returned to his home town; organized the young & went to the Wolozyn forest; the group he commanded sabotaged telephone poles, burned bridges & conducted ambushes; was officer & saboteur in the Brigade of Kuznetzov; derailed many trains; mined roads & highways; helped evacuate young people from the Ghetto to the forest; after liberation inducted into the Red Army; received commendations & the Soviet Homeland decoration & the Ordan Krasna Zbeida. 33
LIONKA M Caught by the Germans after being betrayed; tortured to death without revealing anything. Lida Ghetto Tuwia BIELSKI Thirteen years old; fled from the Vilna Ghetto to the Lida Ghetto; sent to Iskra partisan Brigade to convince them to accept Jews; together with other Jews later joined the Kalinin Brigade; brought Jews & weapons from Lida to the forest. 34
LITMANOWICZ Icchak M Married Sejny, Poland Fell in battle where his brigade defeated a German position. Dereczyn 08.1942 After the mass killing escaped with his family to the forest; joined the Brigade of Bulak; his wife & children joined the family camp; participated in battles. 34
LEJBOWICZ Eliezer M Zdzieciol There are two versions (1) killed as a partisan; (2) killed in service with the Red Army. A second version - the Gates of Warsaw KAPLINSKI, BIELSKI Seventeen years old; got to the forest & joined the partisans led by Kaplinski; moved to the Bourba Brigade & then to the Kalinin & the Ordzhnikidzha Brigades. 34
LEJBOWICZ Icchak M Barber Noteh Nowogrodek 1914 Was on a scouting mission when attacked by Germans; killed in the battle. The Crapieniewo forest, near Iwie 12.1942 The brothers Michael & Cwi LEJBOWICZ, BIELSKI After the mass murder of the Jews of Nowogrodek escaped with his brothers; after they secured weapons they joined the Kalinin Brigade. 34
LEJBOWICZ Cwi M Noteh Nowogrodek 1924 The Germans broke through the Brigade's defensive perimiter; Cwi was among those who fell. 07.1944 The brothers Michael & Icchak LEJBOWICZ After the mass murder of the Jews of Nowogrodek escaped with his brothers; after they secured weapons they joined the Kalinin Brigade; participated in Brigade's campaigns & went alone on daring missions. 34
LEJBOWICZ Symcha M Moshe Sara 07.12.1923 After coming on Aliyah to Israel, participated in the War of Independence & fell in a battle. Tel Al-Safi [Israel] 12.07.1948 Fought in the forests; after the war went to Italy & as an illegal immigrant to Israel; fought in Beit Dagon, Hulda, Magdal & Ashdod. 35
LEJBL M Krakov On returning from a sabotage mission was shot by Russian partisans. Wilcze-Nory forest 1943 Fighter in Company 51 of Shachurs Brigade. 35
LEJZEROWICZ Mordechaj Mora M Was left in the forest with his brother by his commanding officers; shot by the Germans. His brother Chiena LEJZEROWICZ Fighter in Company 51 of Shachurs Brigade. 35
LEJZEROWICZ Chiena M Was left in the forest with his brother by his commanding officers; shot by the Germans. His brother Mordechaj LEJZEROWICZ Fighter in Company 51 of Shachurs Brigade. 35
LEJZERSON Zundel M Poland Sent with his colleagues to check the entrance to the village; ambushed by Germans & fell in the battle. Bridge on the Wilejka River on the road to Lawaryszki Josef GLAZMAN Active in the PPA in Vilna Ghetto; among the leaders of weapons smugglers to the underground; went with the first group to the Narocz forest. 35
LICHTENSZTEJN Bencion M Lakhwa 1925 Fell as a soldier in the Red Army. Szlomo CHEJFEC Fled to the partisans in the Ryczyn swamps; regularly went close to the Ghetto to gather Jews who escaped; was a scout in the unit; excelled in sabatoge; participated in derailing trains; received the Red Flag commendation for excellence. 35
LICHTENSZTEJN Basia F Slonim 1925 She was suspected of stealing a container with pork; sentenced to death & shot. 11.1942 Ajzik MIRSKI She fled from the Slonim Ghetto; accepted into the Jewish Unit Company 51; later transferred to a non-combatant group. 35
LICHTENSZTEJN Josef M Fell in battles at the time of the Bialystok Ghetto revolt. Bialystok 08.1943 Member of the Bialystok Ghetto underground. 36
LICHTENSZTEJN Mosze M Physician, Surgeon Warsaw 1888 Died of typhus at the time of the great seige. 08.04.1944 Served as an officer in the Polish army; after they were defeated directed the city hospital in Lulnyneitz; when the Ghetto was liquidated, fled to the adjacent village & afterwards accepted into the Kirov Brigade; saved the lives of many fighters. 36
LICHTENSZTEJN Menasze M Yosef Bialystok area Fell in battle. Izov forest 25.09.1943 Seventeen years old; partisan in the Kadima Brigade. 36
LICHTER Iser M Shoemaker Mordecai Leib Rivkah Zdzieciol 1904 Killed when an armored vehicle exploded. 06.1943 The brothers Dawid & Jerechmiel LICHTER Escaped from the forced labor camp & got to the Lipczanska forest; joined the Bourba Brigade; participated in the Brigade's battles. 36
LICHTER Dawid M Shoemaker Mordecai Leib Rivkah Zdzieciol 1914 Fell as a soldier in the Red Army. Swivlotch River The brothers Iser & Jerechmiel LICHTER, Shalom OGULNIK, Zelig KOBANSKI Escaped from the forced labor camp & got to the Lipczanska forest; joined the Bourba Brigade; participated in the Brigade's battles & was a machine gunner; returned a mortar that was lent by another unit in enemy territory; participated in train derailments; dynamiting bridges & acts of revenge; after liberation inducted into the Red Army. 36
LICHTER Jerechmiel M Shoemaker Mordecai Leib Rivkah Zdzieciol 1918 In a battle with dug-in Germans, hit by a bullet & died. Ruda-Jaworska The brothers Iser & Dawid LICHTER, Hirshel (Cwi) KAPLINSKI Escaped from the forced labor camp & got to the Lipczanska forest; joined the Bourba Brigade; participated in the Brigade's battles; had a major role in acts of revenge against collaborators & murderers of Jews; was transferred to the Lenin Brigade & participated in attack on a garrison. 37
LIN Dow M Romatchvo near Brisk 1914 Fell in battle against an army position. Lugomowicze Left the Nowogrodek Ghetto & got to the Naliboki forest; joned theTchakalow Brigade. 37
LINDER Jakow M Among the group that left the Ghetto for the forest; as a result of being betrayed attacked with his colleagues & killed in ensuing battle. Near Brody 17.05.1943 Among the leaders of the Jewish fighting group in Brody. 37
LIS Chaim M Nieswiez 1924 Mir When police attempted to penetrate the forest, they were fired on & he was killed in the ensuing battle. Near Mir 09.08.1942 Bela KAGAN Among the initiators of the Mir Ghetto underground; part of a group of young people who left the Ghetto to fight the Germans; served as a machine-gunner. 37
LIS Mendel M Teacher Shmerel Sima Barzna 1918 There are 2 accounts of his death: (1) fell in battle; (2) ambushed & killed while on a patrol. Jeremice police or in Piaseczna His parents & one of his sisters were murdered in the mass killing of Jews; he was saved & joined the Komsomolski Brigade. 37
LIS Nina F She returned from a mission; her house was surrounded by Germans who broke in shooting her with her daughter. Minsk, 18 Kulturna St. 31.03 1942 Hirszl SMOLAR She was active in the Minsk Ghetto underground; liason between Ghetto & outside world; traveled the roads with forged documents. 37
LISAK Awraham M Olizarka near Rowne 1923 Killed while mining a railroad track. Near Chartorisk Came from the Rafalovka Ghetto to the Dyadiya Patia Brigade; machine-gunner; active member of sabotage unit; participated in derailing trains. 38
LISAK Aleksander Sender M Olizarka near Rowne 1924 Rafalovka In an attack by Ukrainians attempted to capture one of the escapees & killed in process. Near Rafalovka on the west bank of the Styr River 1943 Dov LORBER Among the first members of the Kruk Brigade; machine gunner in a sabotage unit; participated in derailing trains, mining roads, dynamiting water towers, burning bridges & actions against Ukrainian gangs; nominated to receive Krasnaiya Zwizda commendation. 38
LISOWSKI Dwora F Mosty near Lida Fell in the hunt for partisans. Lipczanska forest 06.1943 She escaped from the Dereczyn Ghetto; fighter in the Bourba Brigade. 38
LIP M Married Warsaw Fell as a soldier in the Red Army. Bialystok Front 1944 His sister Pola LIP His wife & son perished in the Stolpce Ghetto; fled with his sister to the forest; fought in the Zhukov Brigade; fought as a partisan until liberation. 38
LIP Pola F Warsaw 1924 She was in a group of partisans protecting roads; attacked by police & was killed. Edge of Rozan forest Her brother Fled with her brother to the Kapoli forest; joined the Zhukov Brigade; participated in many battles & in dynamiting a brick factory. 38
LIPMANOWICZ Chaim M Sejny near Suvalk Fell with his sister. Kozlowszczyzna Went to the forest with his sister; joined the Poveida Brigade; responsible for securing supplies for the Brigade; participated in actions to secure food & in battles. 39
LIPNIK Szmuel Arie M Married On the order of the commander of a group of partisans, the partisans killed him & his family. His 2 brothers Yehoshua & Motel LIPNIK & their wives Active member of the Jewish underground in the Baranowicze Ghetto; used his dealings with the Germans to smuggle weapons into the Ghetto; helped Jews escape to join partisans; also known as Arkadi. 39
LIPCER M Sokoliki Fell in a battle with Germans who the farmers brought as an act of revenge against Jews. Near Lipcer 02.1944 Seventeen years old; partisan in an unorganized Jewish group in the area of Bialystok. 39
LIPK M Lodz Fell in battle with police. Twenty-eight years old; partisan in the Sovietskoyo Belarus Brigade in the Wilcze-Nory forest near Slonim. 39
LIPKOWICZ Motl M 1924 Fell in battle with the Lithuanian police. A member of the Kovno Ghetto underground; scout; responsible for maintaining connections with a partisan unit. 39
LIPSZOWICZ Elijahu M Nachum Ya'akov Batya Dereczyn 1914 After the war joined the PH"H kibbutz; was killed in an attack by Polish fascists. Lignica Lower Silesia 05.1946 Dr. ATLAS, Tajbe & Chaim Jehoszua LIPSZOWICZ One of the first Jewish partisans in the Dobrowszczyna forest; officer in Dr. Atlas' Unit in the Poveida Brigade; attacked & captured a gendarme building; captured a German airplane that made a forced landing; successfully attacked a military guard position; participated in derailing trains; after the death of Dr. Atlas, appointed unit head; dynamited a cement factory; elected to be liason between partisan units; awarded the citation War of the Homeland, Grade 1; at the end of the war, a soldier in the Red Army. 40
LIPSZOWICZ Chaim Jehoszua M Nachum Ya'akov Batya Dereczyn 1910 Seriously wounded in a seige by the Vlasov army; saw no possiblity of escaping & shot himself. Ruda Dobrowszczyna forest 02.04.1944 His brother Elijahu & his sister Tajbe LIPSZOWICZ, Dr. ATLAS A member of the Jewish fighting group of Dereczyn; fled to the forest; in Dr. Atlas' Unit in the Poveida Brigade; machine gunner & officer of housekeeping section of the unit; partcipated in battles of the unit. 40
LIPSZOWICZ Tajbe Tanja F Nachum Ya'akov Batya Dereczyn 1919 She was wounded in a battle by a German bombshell & died in the hospital. Silzha, 15 kilometers from Dereczyn Dr. ATLAS, Elijahu & Chaim Jehoszua LIPSZOWICZ She escaped with her 2 brothers & joined the Unit of Dr. Atlas; participated in battles as a fighter & as a nurse; received commendation of merit. 41
LIPSZYC Awraham M Minsk 1915 Fell in an attack on an armored column carrying German & Belorussian officers. Sluck-Minsk Road 1943 Organized the first partisan unit in the Minsk Ghetto & escaped with it to the forest; commanded a sabotage unit in the Stalin Brigade; received commendations for the excellence of his actions. 41
LIPSZYC Dawid M Aharon Rachel Karelits Fell in a clash with Germans. In the area of Naliboki 1942 Meior Pinchas SLONIM Seventeen years old; a member of the underground in the Nowogrodek Ghetto; brought people to the forest & organized a partisan unit. 41
LIPSZYC Mitia F Fell in a battle with German forces. Izov forest 25.09.1943 She was a member of the Jewish Parois Brigade in the Bialystok forest. 41
LIPSZYC Mosze M Married Lodz 1913 His officers had him executed on charges of malice. In the area of Khiyuvan 1943 Fled with his wife & sister to the forest & joined the Kapitonov Brigade; participated in battles & campaigns of the Brigade. 41
LEN Szalom M Encountered a German ambush & was killed after a short battle. Pohost in the area of Rowne Partisan in the Kaganovich Brigade. 42
LANDAU Ester F Murdered by famers. She was a partisan; was not accepted into the unit in the Narocz forest. 42
LENIC Dawid M Maniewicze 10.10.1927 Fell in the War of Independence in the ranks of the Haganah. Jenin [Israel] 03.06.1948 Escaped with his 2 brothers to the Kuchow forest; joined the Kruk Brigade; after liberation came to Israel on the illegal immigrant ship Padeh; member of the Haganah in Kiryat Bialik. 42
LENSKI Szlomo M Nieswiez 1913 Sent with his colleagues on an ambush; attacked by the Germans; seriously wounded, captured, tortured & hanged. Haniewicze Member of the Baranowicze Ghetto underground; feld to the forest; joined the Jewish Unit of Captain Czorny. 42
LENCIWECKI Tuwja M Furrier Dereczyn 1911 Fell in a partisan attack on a police position. Radun forest Joined the Poveida Brigade; was quartermaster; participated voluntarily in battle actions; set 3 dairies on fire; commended for his bravery. 42
LENCIWECKI Mosze M Tailor Dereczyn 1915 Fell in battle. Road to Vilna 05.1944 A partaisan in the Poveida Brigade; participatead in the Brigade's battle activities; received 3 commendations for excellence from his commander. 43
LENCIWECKI Szmerl M Married Dereczyn Killed in a German attack during the seige on the bunker where he was. Dobrowszczyna forest Fled with his wife & children to the foreset; commander of the family camp located next to the Proveida Brigade; participated in campaigns to supply provisions. 43
LEW Chuna M Fell in battle. Izov forest 25.09.1943 Partisan in the Kadima Brigade in the Bialystok area. 43
LEW Israel M Dereczyn Wounded in battle & died of his injuries. Got to the forests from Dereczyn; fighter in the ranks of the Proveida Brigade. 43
LEW Meszel M Shoemaker Tuvia Malka Krynki near Bialystok 1911 Bialystok Fell in the Bialystok Ghetto uprising. Bialystok 08.1943 A member of the Bialystok underground. 43
LEWA Ajzik M Oran 1912 On way to mission to derail trains, along with his collegues caught in a German ambush; was wounded & died. Near Orany 10.06.1944 Got to the forest & joined the Kotovski Brigade in the Nacza forest; participated in many battles, derailing trains & attacking army positions. 43
LEKACH F Married Nachum She fell in a battle with the Germans. In the area of Uszaczy 05.1944 Her husband Dr. Nachum LEKACH, her niece Dora ROZET She fled from the Glebokie Ghetto to the forests; joined the Pietroshka group & then the Oktober Brigade; served as a nurse. 43
LEKACH Symcha Shumak M Disna 1924 On returning from a mission to kidnap a Polish commander, caught in German ambush; fought, wounded & killed. Disna After the mass killing in his town got to the Komlov Brigade; participated in many battles & volunteered for difficult assignments; received the Zha Otvago commendation; additional personal name - Syoma. 44
LERCHA Jakow M Dental technician Lublin area Killed in an exchange of fire with Germans on way to dynamite a bridge & railroad tracks. Chupkow on the Slopi River Shortly before the liquidation of the Ghetto, fled to the forest; at first with a group of Jewish partisans & then with the Medvedev Brigade; participated in acts of revenge against collaborators & in dynamiting bridges & derailing trains. 44
LERMAN Jehoszua M Fell in battle against Germans & Ukrainians. A partisan in the unit under the command of General Beigma in Southern Polesie. 44
LERNER Jakow M Bialystok 1911 Fell in a German attack on their Unit. 05.05.1943 CHOJNOWSKI A member of the Bialystok underground; went on an assignment to organize the Pruzany Ghetto underground; joined a Polish-Russian unit; also known as Yanek of the Geese - Yanek Ha-avazim. 44
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MAGADOWSKI Jakow M Grodno 1915 After liberation killed by Russian partisans who suspected him of being a White Pole. Kivotztza, near Radun 07.1944 Joined the Kotovski Brigade; machine gunner; participated in ambushes & supply details; as a result of his service was reccommended to be accepted into the Communist party & be awarded the Red Star & the medal Partisan of the War of the Homeland, Grade 1. 44
MAGON Liza F Vilna 1920 Arrested by the Gestapo in her attempt to switch an incorrect identity card; executed. Vilna-Ponar 17.02.1943 She joined the PPA; sent to organize the Jews of Oshmyany for resistance; was a liason between the Ghetto & the city; there is a photograph. 45
MADAJSKER Sonia F Vilna 1914 On the day before she was to join the Nekama Brigade, her house was surrounded by Germans; Sonia shot herself & died. Vilna Izia MACKIEWICZ, Aba KOWNER She commanded a unit of the PPA in the Ghetto; involved in the underground newspaper; remained in the city to continue underground activities; printed flyers; helped many escape & join the partisans; prepared to join the Nokem [Revenge] Brigade; there is a photograph. 45
MADAJSKER Riwka F Vilna 1922 A young Jew who was arrested revealed her address; she was injured in the chase after her; she died from her wounds. Bialystok She was active in the PPA in Vilna; sent to Bialystok to help the underground; spied & provided information; smuggled medications & helped Jews. 46
MAZURSKI Ester F Chanan Chamka Jakowlewo 1925 She & her colleagues in the unit were murdered by local partisans. Piotrowicze forest 1942 She convinced a German officer to provide weapons & ammunition to a group of young Jews, including her, who were preparing to flee to the forest. 46
MAZUREK M Lawyer Lodz Lodz Murdered by a Russian partisan on orders from his commander. 14.07.1944 Appointed by the Germans as the 'Head of the Jews;' fled & got to the Stivetz-Mir forest; appointed deputy commander of the Zhukov Brigade; published articles in the partisan newspaper. 46
MOTAL Lejb M Piask 1912 Fell in battle. In the area of Slonim 1943 Escaped from his town; wandered & got to the Ruda Dobrowszczyna forests; partisan in the Poveida Brigade. 47
MATOS Jiszajahu M Grodno Grodno Escaped from Grodno with his colleagues; discovered by a farmer who called the Gestapo; was killed with his colleagues. Augostowa forest 1943 Elijahu TANKUS Was in the Grodno underground; with his friends attempted to arrange a mass escape of Jews before they were deported to the death camp. 47
MAJZLIC M Mizocz Mizocz Killed in a battle that broke out in the area of their new camp to which he retreated with his collegues; they were betrayed. Krzemieniec forest Icchak WASERMAN Got the the Shumsk forest & joined the partisan unit under the command of Wasserman; participated in acts of revenge. 47
MEIR M 1910 Piask Fell in ??? Conditions. BULAK Joined the Krasnogvardeisk Brigade; participated in battles, ambushes & derailing trains. 47
MAJROW Misha Mosze M A village in Byelorussia Died while train was exploded, In the area of the Rudniki forest One of the first members of the Smeirt Okipantum Brigade; participated in derailing of & blowing up trains. 47
MACHTEJ Elimelech M Reuven Stolpce 1928 Stolpce Died of cancer after moving to Israel. 1948 His 2 brothers Meir & Israel MACHTEJ He was in a forced labor camp; he escaped from the camp with other young people; after liberation, he came on Aliyah to Israel; joined the Haganah; fought in the Negev & in Jerusalem; there is a photograph. 47
MACHTEJ Israel M Reuven Stolpce 1912 Stolpce He went out to search for his brother Meir who did not return from a mission, & all traces of him were lost. 04.1943 His 2 brothers Meir & Elimelech MACHTEJ Escaped with his friends to the Kapoli forest; accepted into the Zhukov Brigade; helped his brothers escape to the forest; brought young people out of the Ghetto; participated in mining railroads. 48
MACHTEJ Meir M Reuven Stolpce 1923 Stolpce He went out on a mission from which he did not return; according to the testimony of Sarah Gershuni, he was killed by White Poles. 04.1943 His 2 brothers Israel & Elimelech MACHTEJ Partisan in the Zhukov Brigade; participated in battles & in activities to obtain provisions. 48
MALOWICKI Dawid M Baranowicze 1917 Fell as a soldier in the Red Army. Berlin 05.1945 His brother Icchak MALOWICKI A member of the Ghetto underground; fled to the Polesie forest; at first a member of a paratroop brigade & afterwards in the Lazu Brigade; initiated attacks & sabotage activities, excelling in them; appointed deputy commander; recommended to receive commendation for excellence. 48
MALOWICKI Icchak M Baranowicze 1925 Fell as a soldier in the Red Army. Poland 12.1944 His brother Dawid MALOWICKI A member of the Ghetto underground; fled to the Polesie forest; a member of the Lazu Brigade; participated in battles & sabotage activities. 48
MALMED Icchak M Married Sales clerk Brisk 1903 Bialystok He turned himself in to the Germans to avoid a mass murder of Jews; they hanged him. Ghetto Bialystok 07.02.1943 Riwka SZNAJDER-WASKOWSKA A member of the anti-fascist group in the Ghetto; with colleagues defended houses during the liquidation of the Ghetto; injured a German & managed to escape. 48
MALKWICKI Mosze M Carpenter Ostrow Mazowiecka 1915 Piask He went with colleagues to Piask to kill the district commissar ; caught in a German ambush & killed. Near Nackowo village 12.1942 Szmarjahu WARSZAWSKI Escaped with a group of young people to the forest in the area of Piask; planned to join a group of Russian partisans with his colleagues. 49
MALER Petachia Tadek M On the day the Bialystok Ghetto uprising broke out, he headed a group of fighters; killed defending his position. Ghetto Bialystok 16.08.1943 A member of the Bialystok Ghetto underground; a brave partisan in the Krynki group; seriously injured in battle & sent to Bialystok to recover. 49
MALREWICZ Lilka F Fell on the day the Bialystok Ghetto uprising broke out. Ghetto Bialystok 16.08.1943 She was a member of the underground in the Bialystok Ghetto. 49
MANDELBLIT Lejb M Shoemaker Warsaw 1903 Warsaw Wounded by a German bullet the day the Bialystok Ghetto uprising broke out & died of his injuries. Ghetto Bialystok 16.08.1943 Active member of the Communist Party; spent time in Polish jails; an accomplished orator; fled to Bialystok & joined the underground in which he was very active. 49
MANOSEWICZ Mosze M Avraham Michla Poland 17.11.1926 After his Aliyah to Eretz Yisrael, he fell in the War of Independence. Jaffa 29.03.1948 Joined the partisans after the conquest of Poland; came on Aliyah to Israel 19.05.1946. 50
MANIESKIN Aron M Kovno 1929 Was in a unit that blocked German reinforcements from getting to a position under attack; was killed in subsequent battle. Wieczoryszki His brother Josef MANIESKIN Left the Kovno Ghetto with friends; after being caught, escaped with his friends via a tunnel they dug; a partisan with the Smeirt Okopanus Brigade. 50
MANIESKIN Josef M Kovno Was in a car taking him to the forest; the car was attacked & he was killed. Kovno His brother Aron MANIESKIN, Chaim JELIN, Engineer RATNER A member of the Kovno Revisionist party; active in the Zionist underground & afterwards in the Jewish fighting organization. 50
MANES Zdzislaw M Fell in battle during the German seige. Radczyn forest Left the Stanislawow Ghetto with a group of Jews; joined a Soviet partisan unit. 50
MANIKOW Nechama F Midwife Moshe Kindel Dereczyn 1886 Dereczyn She died of blood poisoning. Lipczanska forest She fled the Dereczyn Ghetto after the mass killing; served as a nurse in the Proveida & Kozoeiv Brigades; among those who established the partisan hospital. 50
MANKOWICZ Mendel M Zdzieciol 1922 Zdzieciol He died of typhus. 03.1943 Hirsh (Cwi) KAPLINSKI Escaped from the Zdzieciol Ghetto; joined the Unit of Kaplinski & then the Bourba Brigade; participated in ambushes, battles and intelligence gathering operations. 51
MANKOWSKI Uszer M Butcher Dabrowica Critically wounded in an attack on a German armored position; died of his injuries on the way to the hospital. Rowne area Leib PERELSZTAJN Fled with his brother from the Ghetto to the Ozeiran forest; partisan in the Voroshilov Brigade; highly regarded deputy commander; participated in attacks on fortified positions; mining railroads & helping Jews. 51
MACKIEWICZ Icchak M Vilna 1922 Vilna Killed on a scouting mission on leaving the Ghetto. Bridge on the Wilejka River 26.07.1943 Mosze BRAUZE, Vitka KAMPNER, Josef GLAZMAN A member of the Communist youth organization; active in the PPA; along with his colleagues carried out acts of sabotage & spying. 51
MACKIN Szulem M Ya'akov Leah Swieciany 1925 Swieciany Fell during a German pursuit. Koziany forest A member of the town's underground; smuggled weapons parts from a German warehouse; escaped from the train leading to Ponar; joined the partisans. 52
MARGULIES M Odessa 1918 Hit by a German bullet as he was watching the progress of a battle of the unit that he was directing. Niesziez in the area of Kowel Went with a small group in the area of Chernihiv; the group increased in size; appointed the politruk of the unit; demonstrated a high leadership capacity in attacks on Germans; burning bridges, mining roads & railroad tracks. 52
MARGULIES Hilel M Medical student Warsaw 1920 Warsaw Murdered by White Poles after liberation. Bakszt 02.1945 Fled from the Radun Ghetto to the Nacza forest; involved in organizing partisan units; broadcast anti-Nazi propaganda on the radio; at first was a medic & health worker; afterwards the head of staff of a unit in the Leninski Komsomol Brigade; participated in battles & acts of sabotage; awarded the Red Star citation & medal of the Partisan of the War of the Homeland, Grade 1. 52
MARIAMPOLER Mosze M Kovno Fell in a battle against "White Partisans." A member of the Kovno Ghetto underground; went to the Rudniki forest with the goal of joining with the partisans. 52
MARIL M Swierzen Fell in battle. In the area of Czuczewicze 1943 Partisan in the Zhukov Brigade. 52
MARKEWICZ Nunka M Minsk 1927 Minsk Captured by the Gestapo & was executed along with his mother & 10-year old brother. Minsk David GARTCHIK, Dora BARSON A member of the Communist youth organization; organized aid for older fighters; distributed propaganda material; able to get ammunition & hand it over to the underground organization. 53
MARKOWICZ Bluma F Vilna Vilna On the day Vilna was liberated he participated in the battle and was killed by German bombardment. Vilna 14.07.1944 Her sister Raszka MARKOWICZ, FELDMAN She was a member of Hashomer Hatzair; active in the PPA; brought clothing & instructions to the partisans; fled to the Rudniki forest; partisan in the Revenge (Nekama) Brigade; participated in many of their operations; there is a photograph. 53
MARKOWICZ Raszka Rashel F Vilna 1922 Vilna After a supply gathering mission, the group was attacked by Germans & Lithuanians; was killed in the battle. Rakliks estate near the Rudniki forest 08.02.1944 Her sister Bluma MARKOWICZ She was a member of Hashomer Hatzair; active in the PPA; brought clothing & instructions to the partisans; fled to the Rudniki forest; partisan in the Revenge (Nekama) Brigade; participated battles & gathering provisions; there is a photograph. 53
MARKOWSKI Michal M Lithuania Circumstances of his death are not known. In the beginning of the war escaped with the withdrawing Red Army; parachuted into Lithuania with the assignment to organize the partisan movement; there is a photograph. 53
MARKUS Szlomo M Physician Vilkhovits 1908 Aided ill farmers; the house was attacked by Germans & Lithuanians; he was seriously wounded & shot himself. Nakryszki Alter DWORECKI, Hirsh (Cwi) KAPLINSKI Sent to Nakryszki to care for those with typhus; helped partisans & prepared a whole range of medications for them; fled to the Lipczanska forest; head doctor of the Bourba Brigade. 54
MADWECKI Jona M Married Hatmaker Zdzieciol 1918 Zdzieciol Murdered by members of the Polish AK gang. Miedzyrzec-Lukov rail line Szolem PIOLUN, Pesach FINKELSZTEJN, Hirshel (Cwi) KAPLINSKI, Dr. ATLAS Among the organizers of the Zdzieciol Ghetto underground; fled to the Lipczanska forest but returned to maintain contact with the underground organization; fled again & was deputy commander of the Bourba Brigade; participated in all its battles & ambushes; transferred to the Lenin Brigade & was involved in dynamiting trains & daring battles with White Poles; after liberation, a soldier in the Red Army taking part in many battles & was wounded in one of them. 54
MEDLINSKI Misza M Suvalk In a German ambush; returned fire & shot himself with the last remaining bullet. Lida-Baranowicze rail line In the beginning of the war moved to Molczadz & from there fled to the Svirotov forest; established a unit of young people that merged into the Grozny Brigade; a daring & skilled officer. 54
MEDNICKI Zalmen M Blacksmith Zeidel Vasilishki 1918 Murdered by White Poles. Dworczany 10.07.1944 Fled from his town & hid in the forests; returned to the Szczuczyn Ghetto & brought groups of young people to the forest; joined the Bourba Brigade; participated in battles; after liberation a soldier in the Red Army, involved in many battles & was wounded in one of them. 54
MOWSZOWICZ M Gardner Nowogrodek 1926 Murdered by the son of the farmer whose house he was guarding. 1944 BIELSKI Escaped from the Ghetto & joined the Kalinin Brigade. 55
MUDRYK Awraham Lejzor M Plumber David Arieh Chaya Frida Vasilishki 04.02.1926 Killed when caught in a German ambush returning from a sabotage mission. In the area of the Naliboke forest 06.1944 BIELSKI Worked in the Lida Ghetto warehouse & smuggled weapons to the Ghetto; fled to the Nowogrodek forest & joined the Kalinin Brigade; involved in securing food provisions. 55
MUDRYK Motel M Ayzik Rafalovka 1910 Rafalovka Killed in a German air attack. Rafalovka 1944 Fled from the Ghetto & joined the Brigade of Iwan Konda. 55
MUDRYK Mordechaj M Kosov-Polski Murdered by non-Jewish partisans. 12.1942 Among fighters of Group 51 in the Wilcze-Nory forest. 55
MOLCZADZKI M Wagoneer Baranowicze 1914 Fell as a soldier in the Red Army. Lomza 10.1944 Fled from the Ghetto to the Polesie forest; partisan in the Orlovski Brigade; participated in actions against fortified positions, sabotage missions & securing provisions. 55
MOLCZADZKI Idl M Slonim Executed along with his uncle by SS when on their way to get rifles. In the area of Slonim Involved in securing weapons for those who fled to the forests. 55
MOLCZADZKI Munik M Shoemaker Lida 1922 His unit was attacked by White Poles, captured, tortured & shot. On the banks of the Neiman River 1943 Fled from the Ghetto to the Lipczanska forest; joined the Sovorov Brigade participating in the brigade's actions. 56
MULER Icchak M Leib Batya Lutna Tarnopol District 25.02.1931 In the War of Independence among the defenders of the convoy to Kibbutz Manara; fell when the ammunition gave out. On the way to Kibbutz Manara. 19.02.1948 After the murder of his parents, hid among Christians; joined partisans at the age of 12; came on Aliyah on an illegal immigrant ship; injured in the fight with the British; admitted to the hospital in Atlit; joined the agriculture training group at Kibbutz Ayelet Hashachar. 56
MONACH Josef M Married Lyova Polesie Caught in a German ambush; wounded when withdrawing; threw a grenade & was blown up with the Germans. LYOVA, Mosze GILDENMAN Fled from the killing pits; accepted into partisans in Zhitomir forest; carried out battle roles with precision; participated in mining railroad tracks. 56
MUNIA M Minsk 1925 Shot & killed by someone on horseback; an internal investigation was unable to identify the murderer. Near Kujdanow 09.06.1943 Among the first to flee from the Ghetto; partisan in the Parkhomenko in the Naboliki forest; involved in actions to gather provisions. 56
MUNIC Szolem M Married Wagoneer Meir Sara Iody near Bratzlav 1900 On one of his food gathering missions caught in German ambush & killed. Wyrow forest 02.1943 HALPERN family, Szejne RUBASZYN, MINDOW family, Chawa MONICZ, Sz. SZTEJN Escaped with wife & children to the Kazian forest; took revenge on collaborators & those who turned in Jews; among the founders of the Yatzminov Brigade & appointed the commander of a unit. 57
MUNCZIK M Sokol 1922 Fell in battle. Wavtchak forest, Volhyn 03.1944 A medic in the Susnka Bandrovtzim Brigade. 57
MUSTER Filip M Fell with his colleagues defending themselves against a German attack. Luziatch forest 06.12.1943 Among the fighters of the Borszczow Gang in the area of Czortkow. 57
MUSIN Szlomo M Teacher Eliyahu Doba Druya 1914 While he was with a partisan farmer, the house was attacked by White Poles; he was wounded & killed himself. Escaped to the Glebokie Ghetto & then went to Miory; set up & organized a family camp; member of the commanding staff of Kaganovitch Brigade; active against collaborators; attacked police & collected quantities of booty; participated in ambushes, blowing up of bridges & trains. 57
MOSKOWICZ Mendel M Yehoshua Kovno 1928 Kovno Caught by Lithuanian police, tortured & died. Kovno 01.1944 After his parents were murdered, began working in hard labor; joined Ghetto uprising; stole weapons from the warehouse. 58
MUKASEJ Meir M Baranowicze 1910 Baranowicze Was with a group on a scouting mission; entered a village to get food; attacked by Germans & killed. Village on the Brisk-Moscow railroad line. Misha SZEJN, Areleh Fought in the underground of his town; fled to the Polesie forest & joined the partisans; participated in reconnaissance patrols. 58
MURAWNIK Cwi M Lakhwa A Russian partisan is suspected in his murder. Chobut forest Partisan in the Jewish Unit Shviko. 58
MURAWCZYK Zalmen Zyama M Leib Bracha Lakhwa 1925 Lakhwa Fell in service with the Red Army. Warsaw 15.01.1945 His brother Jakow MURAWCZYK A member of Zionist Youth (Noar Hatzioni); fled to the Hobot marshes & joined the Zha Rodino Brigade; participated in dynamiting bridges, railroad stations, trains; as a soldier in Red Army among liberators of Vilna, Tilzit & Kongisberg; graduate of school for training officers. 58
MURAWCZYK Niuma M Shlomo Zalman Lakhwa Lakhwa Executed by partisans on anti-Semitic charges. Partisan in the Zha Rodino Brigade. 58
MORDUSZKOWICZ Matitjahu M Radoszkowice 1916 Fell during the seige. Near the Berezne River LOPIANSKI Escaped from the forced labor camp; partisan in the Narodny Mastital Brigade. 59
MORDUCHOWICZ Jerechmiel M Baranowicze 1914 Fell in service with the Red Army. Bialystok 01.09.1944 Left the Ghetto armed; joined the Byeloruski Mastital Brigade; deputy commander of brigade; after liberation inducted into the Red Army. 59
MORDKOWSKI Szmuel M Lachowicze 1922 On his way to a sabotage mission with colleagues, their hiding place was betrayed by a farmer; they were caught & hanged. Zolowo 1944 Rabbi Elchanan WASERMAN, Nehemia ANDLIN, Chaim JELIN, Boroch LOPIANSKI, Sara ROBINSON, Zundl SZTROM, Genia GLAZER, Shlomo ABRAMOWICZ, Icchak MIKLISZANSKI, Matis GOLDBERG, Eliezer (Lejzer) CUDIKOW First fled to Kovno; established contact with partisans; went to the Rudniki forest & joined the Death to the Conquerors Brigade; was a scout, radio operator & guide; maintained contact with people in Ghetto. 59
MORIK Josef M Rafalovka 1915 Was shot by a Russian partisan who threw his body into the river. Bridge on the Styra River 03.1943 Fajge GOLDMAN, Jehuda RODIN Fled to the forests & accepted into the Dyadiya Patia Brigade; participated in dynamiting trains on the Kowel-Sarni line. 60
MOSZKOWICZ Daniel M Sales clerk Warsaw 1905 Commanded the Bialystok Ghetto uprising; refused to escape to the forest; committed suicide. Bialystok - 13 Tchapla Street 16.08.1943 Mordechaj TENEBOJM After the fall of Poland, fled to Bialystok; supported the stuggle in the Ghetto; was deputy to the leader of the revolt, Mordechaj Tenebojm. 60
MAZO Oser M Stolpce In a struggle to capture a live policeman, his colleague tossed a hand grenade; he was killed in the explosion. Hela RISKO Among those who called to fight against the Germans; among the leaders of a group that went to the Kapoli forest; joined the Zhukov Brigrade; in charge of obtaining supplies; concerned with the family camp. 60
MAZURSKI Awraham M Farmer, blacksmith Moshe Chomka Jakowlewo Was murdered by Russian partisans during negotiations to set up joint actions. Exiled to the Piotrowicze camp; among the organizers of the camp uprising; commanded a unit of young people in the Jozfina forest. 60
MIADZOLOWSKI Ruwen M Ben Zion Saril Swieciany 1924 Swieciany An unintentional bullet shot led to his being turned over to the Germans; was killed during torture. Swieciany Gerska BAK Survived the town mass killing in forest; involved in getting weapons by stealth & get them to the forest; it is possible that his family name was MIDZIALASKI. 61
MITEL Ziama M Minsk 1926 Minsk Caught in a German ambush while riding on a horse; continued riding, returned fire & in the end shot himself. In the area of Woltzkovitch Fima [Syma] PRESSMAN ("TCHVALANCHIK"), Abrasha KAPLAN, Nachum FELDMAN Together with colleagues set up a cell of saboteurs; participated in blowing up trains & mining roads; captured 6 Germans & killed others. 61
MEJERSON Anszel M Avraham Dolhinov 1921 Dolhinov There are 2 versions (1) Fell in battle with Germans; (2) Executed by partisans. In the Wilejka region. 1943 His brother Gerszon MEJERSON, Nahum ALPEROWICZ, Yosef BAKSZT Escaped with his brother to the Borisov forest; partisan in the Mastital Brigade; collector & supplier of weapons to the unit. 61
MEJERSON Gerszon M Avraham Dolhinov 1923 Dolhinov There are 2 versions (1) Fell in battle with Germans; (2) Sentenced to death for not following order. In the Wilejka region. 1943 His brother Anszel MEJERSON Fled with his brother; sent with his brother to parachute & sabotage school; after completing the course, operated in the Postawy forest. 61
MAJCZUK M Bialystok Shot by Russian partisans on the claim that his parents were wealthy merchants. CHINOWSKI, Dow SEGAL Partisan with a Jewish fighting group in the forest in the area of Laprozhani; member of the Ghetto underground; participated on attack on German police/guards. 62
MEJKUN Icchak M Natan Osna Sharshov 1914 Lenin Killed in battle. Sent to a forced labor camp; fled & went to the forest; joined a Russian unit in the Bodiani Brigade; there is a photograph. 62
MICHAL M Krynki 1906 His group was attacked by Germans & Polish police; killed in the battle. Sofrasl forest Partisan in a Jewish unit in the Sofrasal forest. 62
MICHELSON Jochanan M Leah Swieciany 1912 Because of an error, was killed by partisans. Swieciany Joined a partisan unit in the area forest. 62
MILGROM Eliezer M Warsaw Fell in battle. Forest near Miedzyrzec 1943 Partisan in the Zhukov Brigade in the area of Kapoli. 62
MILDSZTEJN Szymon M Killed in a battle with Germans who set up a trap. In the area of Berezne Partisan in one of the units of the Kovpak Division. 62
MILIKOWSKI M Ejszyszki Fell by the hands of White Poles. Rudniki forest Partisan in the Bourba Brigade. 62
MILIKOWSKI Zelig M Married Carpenter Slonim 1914 Slonim Killed as a soldier in the Red Army. Crossing the Vistula River 1944 Eliyahu ABRAMSKI His carpentry shop served as a point of meeting & activity for the town's underground; escaped from the Germans & got to Wilcze-Nory; outstanding machine gunner in the Shachurs Brigade; mined & blew up 14 trains; after liberation, fought in the ranks of the Red Army; received the Red Star commendation & the medal Partisan of the Homeland War, Grade 1. 62
MILIKOWSKI Szymon M Slonim Caught in a German ambush & was killed. Between Lahchin & Pohost 02.1943 Partisan in the Shachurs Brigade. 63
MILIKOWSKI Szolem M Korva Korva Together with colleagues came to the house of a Lithuanian liaison officer who alerted a German Unit; killed in the battle. Rudniki forest Szmuel CZEPLONSKI, Abrasha LANDSMAN Escaped to the forest in the vicinity of Korva; joined the Free Lithuania Brigade. 63
MILNER Mosze M Kovno Kovno On returning from an intelligence gathering mission, caught in a German ambush & shot himself. In the area of Nowi Martzel ORLOW Active member of the anti-facist underground in the Kovno Ghetto; fled to the Rudniki forest & joined the Death to the Conquerors Brigade. 63
MILER Nisan M Electrician, welder Dereczyn 1921 Dereczyn Apparently killed by a stray bullet while on guard duty. Broda-Yavorska forest 05.09.1943 Dr. ATLAS, Moshe OGULNIK Escaped from the Ghetto & got to the company of Dr. Atlas; active in sabotage of trains & excelled in planting mines. 63
MILRAD Eliezer M Worked in sawmill 1921 Poland, Swierzen Was found dead; circumstances of his death not known. Near the village of Miedzyrzec 1943 SHOFSZTEJN Escaped to the Kapoli forest & joined the Zhukov Brigade. 64
MILROD Mosze M Pinchas Bracha Koretz 1923 Koretz Killed in a German air attack. Near Rafalovka, eastern Galicia 07.1943 Mordechaj SZICHER, Chaim BERGEL Was very active in organizing young people, acquiring weapons & forging documents; fled to the forest; accepted into the Kovpak Division; excelled in carrying out assignments; was part of the group that captured a German ship & returned with its crew. 64
MILSTEJN Izrael M Welder Warsaw Killed with colleagues when they were caught in a German ambush. Yosef LEWI, Jasza DAWIDOW, Michal TAJTEL, Becalel JAFE, Mosze SLAWINSKI Got to the Kovno Ghetto; in charge of a secret workshop that made weapons; awarded the Red Star commendation . 64
MINEWICZ Szmuel M Smolensk 1905 Killed after liberation by White Poles. Near the village of Trokiele 07.1944 Completed a sabotage course in a special school for partisans in Moscow; joined the Oriol Brigade; in charge of dynamiting trains; set mines & blew up the large bridge on the Lida-Baranowicze line; awarded the Red Star commendation. 64
MINDEL Josef M Journalist Minsk Died on way from Ghetto to the forest. Active in the Ghetto underground; concerned with supplying weapons. 65
MINHALIS Chasha Chasia F She was killed by anti-Semitic partisans who attacked her & her colleagues. Scheizitz forest She fought in the Schneizitz forests. 65
MINC Chaim M Reuven Rivkah Trob 1919 On a mission to secure weapons, attacked by Ukrainians & shot. Zubkowicze 05.03.1943 Tuwia BIELSKI, Sander BIELAWSKI, Hirsz LEWKOWICZ, Lejb KALMANOWICZ, Szepsel SZEFTEL, Pesach BIELAWSKI, Josef KABAK Fled with other youth to the village of Karapneiwa & from there to the Naliboki forest; accepted in the Stalin Brigade & afterwards to the Alexander Nevsky Brigade. 65
MINIUK Bencion M Accountant 1918 On his way to a mission, attacked by a group of Ukrainians; fell in the battle. Rail line Kowel - Sarny Escaped to the forest from the Rafalovka Ghetto; joined the Dyadiya Patia Brigade; participated in dynamiting trains & bridges; took revenge on collaborators. 65
MINICZ MONICZ M Accountant Rafalovka Fell in battle. Near Rafalovka Active in a partisan brigade; participated in battles, dynamiting trains & bridges. 65
MINC Chaim M Physician Kobryn Kobryn Killed when a weapons warehouse exploded. The Drohiczyn railroad station, after liberation After liberation Was in a partisan brigade in Polesie. 65
MINC Lolek M Laborer Bialystok At the time of the Aktzia in the Ghetto, caught, deported & died. Bialystok 02.1943 Among the fighters of the Ghetto underground. 65
MICKUN Lejb M Kovno Executed by the Gestapo. Kovno Active in the organization of the uprising; participated in the search for bases of partisans. 66
MIKANOWSKI M Warsaw Killed in a surprise attack by the Germans. In the area of Tzutchvitz 1943 Deputy commander of the Zhukov Brigade in the Kapoli forest. 66
MIKOCZYNSKI Chuna M Fell in battle. 05.1944 Partisan in a Jewish unit in the area of Bialystok. 66
MIKLISZANSKI Icchak M Kovno 1923 Kovno Went with his unit on a sabotage mission at the train station; informer led to them being surrounded & their deaths. Zolowo 05.1944 Mendel MOSKOWICZ, GAGOZHINSKI, Jakow LEWI Fled from the Ghetto; wandered for about a year & returned to join the underground; took out large quantities of weapons & hid them outside the Ghetto; joined the Death to the Conquerors Brigade; distributed propaganda material. 66
MIKLISZANSKI Mendel M Married Vilna 1912 Vilna On returning from a provison gathering expedition, surrounded by Germans & killed with his colleagues. Oizat Raklisk 08.02.1944 Raszka MARKOWICZ, Chaim SZLAKMAN Escaped from the Ghetto to the Rudniki forest; joined the Zha Poveido Brigade; participated in cutting telelphone lines, burning bridges & attacking military positions. 66
MIRSKI Szraga M Minsk 1918 Minsk Killed by White Poles. Ivye 07.1944 Escaped from the Ghetto to the Rudniki forest; among the organizers of the Tchakalow Brigade; initiatied & participated in the battles of the Brigade; one time even captured Germans. 66
MISZA M Zhitomir 1916 Captured by Ukrainian fascists; tortured & murdered. On the way to the Plaskonov forced labor camp Went to the forest & was among the first organizers of the Savorov group; sent to be the commissar in the Koshtchoshko Brigade. 67
MISZALOW Szachna M Mordecai Esther Lenin 1919 Lenin Fell in service with the Red Army. After liberation His brothers Lipa & Szmuel MISZALOW Fled with his brother; joined the Zhurka Brigade; participated in its actions; after liberation inducted into the Red Army. 67
MISZALOW Szmuel M Mordecai Esther Lenin 1914 Lenin Killed disassembling a mine. Lenin 07.1944 His brothers Lipa & Szachna MISZALOW, Miszka LIBANOW Fled with his brother; joined the Brigade of Mishka Libanov; specialized in sabotage; participated in battles & sabotage of the Brigade. 67
MISZA M Seriously wounded in an exchange of fire & died of his injuries. Lyuboshov Partisan in the Kutozov Brigade. 67
MISZLER Ester F She fell in battle. Parspa village She fought in Company 51 of the Shachurs Brigade in Wilcze-Nory. 67
MISZKA M Minsk Parachuted behind German lines & fell in battle. In the area of Krakow 1944 Completed parachuting cources; his group was active in Polesie & Volhyn; candidate for commendation Hero of the Soviet Union. 67
MALACH Henoch M Warsaw 1918 Slonim Joined the ranks of forces that went to fight in Germany & fell in battle. Near Konigsberg 02.1945 His brother Meir MALACH Worked in a weapons warehouse & sabotaged many items; stole many other things, hiding them in the Ghetto & outside; went to the forest & appointed deputy officer in Company 51 of the Shachurs Brigade; stood out as a fighter; burned houses & bridges; participated in ambushes; after liberation, among the fighters who crossed the Bug River; awarded the commendations of Red Flag, Lenin, the Partisan of the Homeland Medal - Grade A; reccommended to receive the title Hero of the Soviet Union. 67
MALACH Meir Mayorek M Warsaw 1926 Slonim Fell in battle. His brother Henoch MALACH Participated in smuggling German weapons to those in hiding in the Ghetto; with his brother got to the forest & was in Company 51; participated in battle campaigns & sabotage. 68
MELAMDIK Jehuda M Yosef Maniewicze 1923 Was betrayed so the house where he was in a weapons gathering operation was surrounded & he was killed in the battle. Leishneivka 1943 Served in the Soviet Navy; when his ship was surrounded, he escaped & got to the forest; among the founders of the Maks Brigade; took revenge on those who turned over Jews; excelled in the actions of the Brigade; reccommended to receive the Red Star commendation. 68
MELAMED Ajzik M Married Physician Mezhirov 1892 Warsaw, Ivye Came on Aliyah & died of a disease. 1955 His two sons Misza & Fima Among the organizers of the underground in Ivye; fled with his family to the forest; head physician in the Sovorov Brigade & later physician of the Zhukov Brigade; highly thought of; saved many Jews; prevented spread of epidemics in the unit; after liberation returned to Ivye & ran a hospital; left the Soviet Union via Germany; came on Aliyah to Israel & was a doctor in Tel Aviv & Ramat Gan. 69
MELAMED Efraim Fima M Ayzik Jazlowiec 27.01.1923 Ivye Killed by German bullets. His father Dr. Ajzik, his brother Misza, Dr. EPSZTEJN Fled with his family to the forest & joined the Sovorov Brigade; later following his father, joined Zhukov Brigade; was scout; received commendation for his actions against fortified positions; involved in retrieving documents & weapons from a German airplane. 69
MELAMED Baruch Buzio M Koretz Fell in battle. Carpathian Mountains A partisan in the Kovpak Division. 69
MELAMED Jakow Iwan M Bialystok Fell in battle. Sofrasal forests 02.09.1943 A partisan in the Parois Brigade in the Bialystok forests. 69
MELCER Chaim M Blacksmith Dawleniszki in the area of Vilna Dawleniszki, Vilna district After he was wounded in a battle he remained alone in the farm; his being betrayed led to his murder by Lithuanians. Near Trokiele 26.07.1943 Got to the Lida Ghetto & from there escaped to the forests in the vicinity of the Neiman River; accepted into the Iskra Brigade; stood out as a scout & deputy commander of scouts; involved in battles & dynamiting trains. 70
MELCER Chaim M Dental technician Yitzhak Tzirl Svir 1916 Tzirl Was shot by his commander who was drunk at that time. Shamtova 30.11.1943 Josef GLAZMAN Escaped from the Svir Ghetto & later from the Vilna Ghetto; got to the Narocz forest & accepted into the Revenge Brigade; a number of times succeeded in escaping from German encirclement; involved in mining trains & battles against military garrisons. 70
MENAKER Icchak M Fell in an ambush by White Poles. 1943 Hirshel (Cwi) KAPLINSKI, ORLIYANSKI Got from the Nowogrodek Ghetto to the Lipczanska forest; fighter in the Bourba Brigade & later in the Ordzhnikidzha Brigade. 70
MENAKER Lejb M Piask Piask Fell in circumstances ????? Near Piask Partisan in the Bourba Brigade. 70
MENDLEWICZ Hadasa F Physician Warsaw She fell in battle. Carpathian Mountains Partisan in the Kovpak Division. 70
MENDLEWICZ Cwi Meir M Liskovo 1918 Liskovo Fell in service with the Red Army. Biala Podlaska 1944 His brother Mordecai MENDLEWICZ Fled with his brother; in their flight, his brother was wounded & he carried him on his back; set his brother up with a farmer acquaintence; wandered in the forest until being accepted into the Kirov Brigade; excelled in mining railroad tracks; participated in ambushes. 70
MENDELE M Poland 1912 Fell in circumstances ????? 1943 Yehoshua LEVRONCHIK Got to the Lipczanska forest & joined the Bourba Brigade; participated in scouting missions. 71
MENDELMAN Eli M Weaver Lodz Fell in service with the Red Army. After liberation Fought in the forests of Beylorussia; participated in sabotage missions. 71
MENDELSON Chaja Hela F Teacher Brisk Warsaw She fell at a defensive position at the outbreak of the Bialystok Ghetto uprising. Bialystok 16.08.1943 Among the initiators of the anti-fascist front in the Ghetto; worked in sanitation. 71
MANIUK Arje Leibel M Rafalovka 1922 Rafalovka While on his way to mine railroad tracks, fell in a battle against a gang of Ukrainians. Rail line Kowel - Sarny 1943 Escaped from the Ghetto; after wandering joined the Unit of Polkovnik Breinski; participated in battles, ambushes; dynamited 11 trains; received citations many times for his activities. 71
MENCHES Gedalia M Married Tailor Shmuel David Swierzen 1912 Swierzen Sewed clothing in exchange for bullets & was caught; tortured by the SS & executed. Stolpce His father Shmuel David After the murder of his wife & children, he joined the Ghetto underground; there is a photograph. 71
MENAKER Jehoszua M Nowogrodek 1922 Nowogrodek While on duty, attacked by police; surrounded, wounded & murdered while he was injured. Piotrowicze 18.06.1943 Icchak FURMAN, BIELSKI Escaped from the Ghetto to the Lipczanska forest; joined the Bourba Brigade; fought in battles against Latvians; attacks on police posts; joined the Kalinin Brigade. 71
MESKOP Chanan M Managed print shop Kovno Caught with his colleagues by Lithuanians & Gestapo; they were killed after being tortured. A member of the Ghetto underground; a member of one of the groups that went to the Augustova forest. 72
MESKOP - MESKOPAS-ADOMAS Icchak M Vilkomir 1907 Killed in a clash with Lithuanian police. 1941 S. SZKLIAR A central figure in the Communist party in Lithuania; passed a course for partisans in Moscow; was taken across the front lines to Lithuania; there is a photograph. 72
MEK Nachum M Watchmaker Kovno In an attempt to escape from the Ghetto, came across a German; was caught & publicly hanged. Kovno Ghetto 11.1942 Was in the Kovno Ghetto. 72
MEKEL Dawid Hirsz M Bilitza 1888 Bilitza While he was on a supply mission with his group, encountered While Poles; caught, tortured & executed. Zaczepicze Transferred to the Zdzieciol Ghetto; after the 2nd mass killing fled to the Lipczanska forest; joined the Bourba Brigade; responsible for supplying weapons & food. 72
MEKEL Fajge F She was attacked by anti-Semitic Russian partisans; she & 4 other partisans were killed. Shnizitz forests Moshe BORTZI, David BRALNICKI, Chasia MINHALIS She was in a group of Jewish partisans in the Shnizitz forests. 72
MEKELMAN M Luck Fell in battle. Ukraine A partisan in a unit made up of people from Zofjowka (Trochinbrod) & Ignatowka. 73
MARGOLIN Zelig M Village merchant Berel Liba Gritzinowicz 1909 Lenin Fell in battle. Lachowicze 1942 Fled a forced labor camp & joined a partisan brigade. 73
MARGALIT Jozef M Fell in battle against the Germans when they attacked the unit's camp. Izov forest 25.09.1943 Under his command a group of 17 left the Bialystok Ghetto; partisan in the Parois Brigade. 73
MORDECHAJ Motel M Rozhishtch Was in the house of a farmer who betrayed him; he & his colleagues engaged in battle; house set on fire & they were burned alive. In the area of Odomice After hiding, met a group of Jewish partisans & through them joined the Maks Brigade; participated in sabotage missions & derailing of trains; Not clear if MORDECHAJ was the family name or his personal name; 73
MERIN Awraham M Yosef Mindel Horodok 1921 Maniewicze Fell as an artillery gunner in the Red Army. Konigsberg 03.02.1945 Escaped with other young people from the Ghetto; joined the Maks Brigade; set up a bakery in the Brigade that supplied bread to the fighters & to the family camp. 73
MERSIK Cwi M Melnitsa near Kowel Died from typhus. 28.01.1943 Mordechaj TENEBOJM Active in Zionist youth movement; went to Bialystok & organized the Dror underground in the Ghetto; liason between the Poalei Zion & the anti-fascist undergound; there is a photograph. 73
MARSZAK Mosze M Betrayal led to he & his colleagues falling into the hands of the Germans. In the area of Kovno Member of the Kovno Ghetto underground. 74
MESZI Mosze M Oshmyany Shot by Lithuanian police. After the war Fought in the Vilna forests. 74
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NAGEL Elijahu M Lumber appraiser Baruch Rokinta 1901 Two other fighters asked him to carry their weapons & he drowned. Prut River 07.08.1943 His son Baruch NAGEL Fled with his son to the forests; they joined the Kovpak Division; wounded in his shoulder but managed to return to the camp & report on the location of the Germans. 74
NATKOWICZ NOTKIEWICZ Jakow M Clerk Yosef Kinah Kazian 1922 Kazian Killed when he dynamited a train filled with soldiers & tanks. Between the train stations of Ignalinko & Turmont 01.1944 Conducted a campaign to encourage escaping to the forest; after acquiring a rifle, fled at the head of a group to the forest outside Widze; joined Unit 3 of the Spartak Brigade; participated in battles; dynamiting electric generating stations; took revenge on collaborators & murderers of Jews; specialized in setting mines; received Red Flag commendation; the Partisan Medal, Grade A & after he was killed, reccommended to receive the Lenin Decoration. 74
NAPOLEON Chaim M Vilna Was in his house which was dynamited by the Gestapo & Estonian soldiers at the time of the Ghetto uprising. Ghetto Vilna - 12 Strashun St. 01.09.1943 SZEJNBOJM Active in the Vilna underground. 75
NARKUNSKI Aron Leib (Leibka) M Married Merchant Lida 1917 Lida Fell in service with the Red Army. Near Konigsberg 1944 Asael BIELSKI After the mass killing carried out by Germans in Lida, fled & joined the Bielski Brigade; excelled in supplying provisions, in battle activities, exacting punishment on collaborators, dynamiting railroad tracks; among the first members of the Ordzhnikidzha Brigade; after liberation enlisted in the Red Army. 75
NOWAK M Baranowicze 1922 Baranowicze Killed in a military action against a German force. In the area of Lake Viganova Mishka SZEJN A policeman & member of the Ghetto underground; fled to the forest & joined the Brigade of Mishka Siayin. 75
NOWOGRODZKA Jehudit F Married Warsaw 1908 Warsaw On the day of the Ghetto uprising she was killed while in a bunker. Bialystok Ghetto - Kameila St. 16.08.1943 Her husband Moshe NOWOGRODZKI In her younger years, active in youth organizations; escaped to Bialystok; joined the fighters organization; in spite of suffering from heart disease, participated in planning actions. 75
NOWOGRODZKI Josef M Zdzieciol Fell in service with the Red Army. 19.07.1944 Partisan in the Lipczanska forest; after liberation joined ranks of the Red Army. 75
NOWIK Dawid M Moshe Alta Snov, Polesie 1926 Lenin Fell as a machine-gunner in the Red Army. Frankfurt Bid farewell to his family & joined the Brigade of Pakosh; involved in many battles; after liberation enlisted in the Red Army. 75
NEWACHOWSKI M Married Baker Baranowicze Fell during patrol in a trap set by the Germans. Wilcze-Nory forest 09.1942 Partisan in the Sovietskoyo Belarus Brigade. 76
NIEDWIDKA Libka F Vilna 1922 Vilna Jewish partisans opened fire on her & her colleagues; drowned in the river. 11.04.1943 Her friend Katja She fled to the Rudniki forest & was a partisan in the Mastital Brigade. 76
NAJDEN Hersz M Married Tanner Moshe Trochinbrod Trochinbrod Was resting with his colleagues in a house; a farmer betrayed them; killed in the battle that followed. In the vicinity of Trochinbrod His brother Jakow NAJDEN, CHICZUK After the 2nd mass killing in the town fled to the Cuman forest & joined a partisan unit; later in the Kovpak Division; involved in bringing Ghetto survivors to the forest. 76
NAJDEN Jakow M Moshe Trochinbrod 1926 Trochinbrod Assumption is that he died in battle as a soldier in the Red Army. His brother Herszel NAJDEN Like his brother, he eventually joined the Kovpak Division; participated in battles; was wounded & taken to a hospital in Moscow. 76
NAJRINGER Icie M Borszczow Fell in a German attack on his Unit. Lusiatch forest 06.12.1943 A member of the Borszczow Gang that was active in the Lusiatch forest. 76
NICHAMCZYK M Uzda, near Minsk 1922 Fell in battle. 1944 Among the founders of the Golaeiv Brigade in the Slovkovitz forest; a saboteur; participated in many actions. 76
NECHNEWICKI Kopel M Ivenets 1926 While on patrol, surprised by a group of police; wounded in his legs, captured, tortured & put to death. Otisi 16.07.1944 Escaped from the Dworzec forced labor camp; although he was very young he succeeded in joining the Koteizov Brigade; attached to the scouting unit; mined railroad tracks; captured 2 Germans; reccommended to receive the Red Star citation. 77
NETONEL Efraim M Aharon Miriam Marianowka 1928 Fell in Horev Campaign in Israel's War of Independence. Uja al Hafir, Eretz Yisrael 26.12.1948 A partisan in a Russian unit during the war; settled in Israel; active in the Haganah; officer in Zahal in the Harel Unit; fought on the road to Jerusalem & in the city itself; Hebrew date of birth - 1 Tammuz 5688. 77
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SABACHKOWICZ M Baranowicze Murdered by partisans while he was with them on a mission. Fought in the forests in the area of his town. 77
SADOWSKI Hersz M Eliyahu Esther Laskowiec near Lenin 1923 Laskowiec Fell when Germans discovered him when they were on a patrol . Laskovitch forests 05.1944 His brother Szlomo SADOWSKI Fled to the forest with his father & brother; accepted into the Brigade of Pakosh; participated in battles & sabotage missions. 77
SADOWSKI Szlomo M Sobakince near Vasilishok 1920 Felled by German fire while making believe he was dead. Nacza forests Elijahu GROS Escaped with his colleagues from digging pits for mass graves to the Nacza forest; among the founders of the Leninski Komsomol Brigade; participated in ambushes, mining railroad tracks & battles. 77
SAWIN Nachum M Carpenter's apprentice Mir 1924 Mir Fell in service with the Red Army. East Prussia 24.02.1945 Among the first to escape from the Ghetto to the forest; after wandering & meeting up with others who fled, established the Kalinin Brigade; excelled in sabotage missions, mining railroad tracks, overtaking patrol bases, attacking police & ambushes; took revenge on farmer who turned over Jews; candidate to receive the following citations: Red Flag, Slawa, Zha Poveido & the medal Partisan of the War for the Homeland, Grade A. 78
SAWINSKI Meir M Managed industrial plant Polock 1902 Killed by Germans while defending the family camp. Vicinity of Miory 06.1944 Volunteered to fight as a partisan; parachuted into the forest after taking a sabotage course; among the founders of a new brigade in the Miory forest. 78
SAWICKI M Michael Zdzieciol Fell in service with the Red Army. Near Narov River, Bialystok front 1944 Herszel (Cwi) KAPLINSKI Got to the Lipczanska forest & joined the Bourba Brigade; participated in battles, ambushes, sabotage missions, mining railroad tracks & acts of revenge. 78
SAWICKI Berl M Shoe stitcher Bialystok Fell while acting as liason between partisans & the Bialystok Ghetto underground. Partisan; established contact with the Bialystok Ghetto underground. 79
SAWICKI Joel M Furniture maker Shmuel Chasia Ivye 1923 Ivye On returning from an unsuccessful mission, they went into a forest; a youth betrayed them, they were caught & shot. In the area of the Juraciszki train station 01.05.1943 Fled from Ivye with colleagues to the Naliboki forest after Russian partisans killed some of the group; joined the Alexander Nevsky Brigade. 79
SAWICKI Icchak M Plasterer Zdzieciol 1914 Zdzieciol Accused by an anti-Semitic deputy commander as being responsible for a failed attack; [tried &] shot in accordance to the sentence. In the area of Lipczanska 01.1944 Dr. MIASNIK Fled from the Ghetto & joined the Orlianski Brigade & later the Lenin Brigade; infiltrated into the Ghetto & freed Jews. 79
SAWICKI Saul M Zdzieciol 1917 Zdzieciol Accused of robbing civilian population by company commander who sentenced him to death. Loizhitch forest Mosze SENDEROWSKI Fled to the Lipczanska forest & joined the Bourba Brigade; a machine gunner, participated in battles, ambushes & acts of sabotage. 79
SALUCKI Natan M Zelwa 1924 Fell in service with the Red Army. Svislotz River 07.1944 Escaped from the Ghetto; partisan in the Bourba Brigade; a machine gunner, participated in battles, ambushes & burning a bridge. 79
SALIN Walfka Wolf M Vilna Fell in service with the Red Army. Elia SZEJNBOJM, Elijahu PUPKA In the Ghetto, joined the underground; worked in the weapons warehouse & smuggled weapons to the Ghetto; after liberation was in a tank corps unit of the Red Army. 80
SALCIA F Stanislawow She disappeared when the division was retreating & was never found. She joined the Kovpak Division; participated in patrols & spying activity. 80
SAMSONOWICZ Mosze M Shoemaker Leib Mir 1923 Mir Murdered by anti-Semitic partisans. Neiman River 1942 Active in the Mir Ghetto underground; fled from the Ghetto when he learned of the planned mass killing; was a guide for survivors in the forests. 80
SAPOZNIKOW Sankah M Captain in Red Army Russian partisans were jealous of his & his colleague's weapons; they fought & killed them. BIELSKI Captain in the Red Army; escaped from captivity; among the first partisans in the Lipczanska forest; he brought other Jews into his unit. 80
SAPOZNIKOW Menasze M Kovno The driver that was transporting them, opened fire on them & he was killed. Rudniki forest 14.04.1944 A member of the anti-fascist group in Kovno; collected money to acquire weapons. 80
SAPIRSZTEJN Natan M Falsely accused by Russian partisans who then shot him. In the area of Hancewicze 10.1942 Partisan in Company 51 in the Shachurs Brigade. 80
SAFRIN Artur Toshik M Musician Stanislawow Stanislawow Hidden by Mrs. Zakshvoska; 2 Poles found out & one shot him. Stanislawow His fiance KOSTMAN, Dr. COHEN, Dr. LEIBSMAN-MIKOLSKI An expert in forging 'Aryan' documents that he distributed to escaping people; caught; tortured & sentenced to death; escaped by killing a member of the SS. 80
SAKER Melech M Dereczyn Zdzieciol She was killed in an attack on a German military position. Naliboki Attorney Alter DWORECKI, Szolem PIOLUN, Mosze PAZDUNSKI, Alter DWORECKI, Shalom HILDESHEIMER Joined the staff of the partisans in the Ghetto underground; got to the Rudniki forest & joined the Stalin Brigade; participated in battle actions. 81
SARACHAN Mosze M Vilna 1925 Vilna Killed by fire from White Poles. Rudniki Among the first people to escape to the Rudniki forest; a member of a large partisan unit; they set out to establish a Jewish base in the Nacza forest. 81
SARWICZ M Married Chemical engineer Bialystok Killed in the Jewish Hospital where members of the underground had concentrated. Povritchna St., Bialystok 20.08.1943 His wife A member of the Bialystok underground. 81
SARWICZ F Married Bialystok She was killed in the Jewish Hospital where members of the underground had concentrated. Povritchna St., Bialystok 20.08.1943 Her husband A member of the Bialystok underground. 81
SARNA M Eastern Beylorussia Fell in a German attack on their position. Polesie forests 1944 Got to the Polesie forests & appointed an officer in the Shachurs Brigade; in charge of dangerous sabotage operations & attacks on soldiers and police. 81
SASZKA M Shot by a farmer. In the area of Rudniki Leizer WARSZAWCZYK Partisan who joined the Brigade of Leizer Warszawczyk. 81
SWIATOJ Mosze M Lida 1922 Lida Fell in a German attack on the base of the camp. Tuwia BIELSKI As a policeman in the Ghetto, helped escapees reach the forest; joined the Kalinin Brigade. 82
SWIRSKI Elijahu M Vilna Vilna Died of illness. Vilna 1945 Active in the Ghetto fighting organization; partisan in the Narocz forest. 82
SWIRSKI Chaim M Married Merchant Shraga Zuprany 1906 Olshani Fell ill after liberation & died. Olszany 1945 Fled with other youth to the Rudniki forest; joined the Free Lithuania Brigade. 82
SWIRSKI Meir M Teacher Ya'akov Fanya Swieciany 1920 Swieciany Succeeded in escaping from a German encirclement but was discovered & shot. Kazian forest 08.10.1943 Josef GLAZMAN Fled from the Ghetto to the Kaziman forest; joined the Revenge (Nekama) Brigade in the Narocz forest; later joined a Russian brigade. 82
SEWEK M Engineer Warsaw 1923 Warsaw Shot by Russian partisans. Babin Mosze ZYLBERMAN, Lyova TZEITLIN Among the first to escape the Baranowicze Ghetto; returned a number of times to rescue young people; member of the Czorny Brigade & later of the Pogatchov Brigade. 82
SEGAL M While in the house of a Lithuanian farmer, was betrayed; tried to escape & was shot. A member of the Parkhomenko Brigade in the Narocz forest. 82
SEGAL Dow M Road engineer Shot by Russian partisans on the claim that his parents were merchants. 04.1943 Served as a guide for groups escaping from the Ghettos; commanded a group that attacked a German miltary post; took their weapons, their uniforms & their official papers. 82
SEGAL Hersz Lejb M Blacksmith Karasin 1895 While in the forest, got lost, returned to his village, was caught & executed. Near Serchow Left for the forest to join partisans. 82
SEGAL Tania F Teacher Lodz Lodz Led a group of fighters & died in the battle. Bialystok Ghetto; Latriko factory 16.08.1943 She was a member of the underground in the Bialystok Ghetto. 83
SEGAL Josef M Kamien Koszyrski 1917 Kamien Koszyrski Shot in a Ukrainian ambush on his way to an intelligence gathering mission. In the area of Glusk 09.1943 Among the organizers of the Ghetto underground; went with a group of young people to the forests; joined the Sovorov Brigade; participated in battles. 83
SEGAL Icchak M Sausage manufacturer Alexander Vilna 1921 Vilna Fell in service with the Red Army. Went with his family to Woronowa in the Lida district; after the mass murder of the local Jews, fled to the Lipczanska forest; joined the Bourba Brigade; participated in battles & sabotage missions; after liberation inducted into the Red Army. 83
SEGALOWICZ Elijahu M Moshe Devorah Lenin 1920 Lenin Fell in battle against the Germans. Slawkowicze [forest] near Glusk 1943 Escaped from a forced labor camp & went to the area forests; accepted into the Tzikonkov Brigade. 83
SEGALOWICZ Henoch M Kovno Kovno Caught in an attempt to leave the Ghetto; tortured & shot. Kovno A member of the fighting group in the Kovno Ghetto; involved in securing weapons. 83
SEGALSON Elchanan M Shmuel Raya Kovno 16.06.1929 Kovno Killed while providing cover for the retreat of his colleagues. Yehudiya [Israel War of Independence] 1948 Involved in transferring funds to secure weapons; after liberation was an illegal immigrant to Eretz Yisrael; caught by the British & imprisoned at Atlit; joined Etzel (Irgun); involved in the defense of Tel Aviv, attack on Jaffa, conquest of Manshia & Yehudiya; there is a photograph. 83
SOBOL Etl F Bialystok Bialystok Fell in the Ghetto uprising. Bialystok 08.1943 She was a member of the Jewish fighting group. 83
SOBOL Leon M In the area of Lublin Fell in service with the Red Army. Got to the Brisk area & joined the Voroshilov Brigade. 84
SUCHACZEWSKI Jona Sasha M Married Typesetter Fanya Warsaw 1917 Warsaw Fell providing cover for retreating colleagues, either (1) killed by a German bullet; (2) shot himself. In the area of Sofrasal 25.09.1943 His wife Fanya, Rivka BOJSKOVSKA, Moshe SLAPUK, Hillel ZEIFMAN Fled to the forest & joined Company 51 of the Sachurs Brigade; when the Brigade disbanded got the the Zdieciol Ghetto & from there to Bialystok; worked in the German warehouses & smuggled weapon's parts; got to the forest & organized the various disorganized groups into the Vafeirod Brigade which he led; set up a spy network between the villages & trained the fighters in weapons & battle techniques; carried out acts of sabotage on telephone lines & sources of German supplies. 84
SUCHARSKI Natan M Owner of metal workshop Nowogrodek Died after surgery. After liberation BIELSKI Partisan in the Kalinin Brigade. 84
SOLOWIANSKI SALAWIANSKI Mosze M Lithuania Lithuania Killed in a confrontation with police. Forests in eastern Lithuania 05.08.1943 Israel MILSZTEJN A member of the fighting group in the Kovno Ghetto. 84
SOLOWIEJ M Pruzany Killed with his colleagues in a bunker after the Germans threw a hand grenade into the bunker. Ruzhany forests Escaped to the forest from the Ghetto & joined a small partisan unit. 84
SOLOMIANSKI Masza F Married Wagmeister Zdzieciol 1924 She & her husband fell ill with typhus; they were both taken from the hospital & shot. Her husband Wagmeister the engineer She fled from a forced labor camp & joined her brother in the Bourba Brigade; there she met and married her husband. 84
SOLSKI Kaire M Kovno Fell on a partisan mission. In the area of Keidan 06.1944 Among the activists in the uprising movement in the Keidan forced labor camp; fled with his colleagues & joined the partisans. 85
SANIA M Officer in Red Army Kiev 1917 Murdered together with Russian prisoners of war by Germans taking revenge on acts of sabotage & murder. Wilejka 02.1942 85
SUSEL Hudes F Moshe Briansk Briansk She was killed in a battle that broke out between partisans & a German force. In the area of Briansk When the Ghetto was liquidated, fled to the area forests; joined a group of Soviet saboteurs; involved in spying missions & sabotage. 85
SUSEL Jakow M Yitzhak Wlodzimierz 1912 Fell in battle against the Germans. In the area of Cuman 1943 When he learned of the German plan to liquidate the Rafalovka Ghetto, fled to the forest & joined the Smeirt Fashizmo Brigade; involved in battles & sabotage. 85
SUSEL Menachem M Lupisovka in the area of Wlodzimierz Volhyn 1926 Wlodzimierz Caught in a Ukrainian ambush when on a scouting mission; he was captured; tortured & his body was dismembered by axes. Escaped…(?); accepted into the Kruk Brigade in the Kokhov forests; attached to a scouting unit; excellent horse rider; volunteered for daring intelligence gathering missions. 85
SUSMAN Jeszajahu M Married Baruch Feiga Dokszyce 1910 Dokszyce Two versions: (1) fell from shots fired in village; (2) fell in a battle with Germans in an ambush. Two versions: (1) in the area of Ratchni; (2) Troshtchanitza 1944 Idl JESIN Got to the Glebokie Ghetto with his wife & his sisters; after concerted efforts, accepted into the Medvedev Brigade, after proving himself in missions; killed German sentries; derailed trains & active in a sabotage & mine laying unit. 85
SOSNA Meir M Leib Ignatowka 1914 Ignatowka Caught by Ukrainian police; interrogated, tortured & killed. Kolki Ghetto Active in the partisan group of the young people of Ignatowka; liason between Soviet prisoners of war & their unit's staff. 86
SOSENSKI Tuwie M Kurzeniec Kurzeniec Fell in battle. A fighter in the Valnitz Brigade. 86
SOFER Mosze M Lachowicze 1921 Lachowicze He & his unit caught in a police ambush; in the battle he fell along with 8 fighters. The [tree] branches (?) of Nodovitz near Hancewicze Left the Ghetto & joined the Zhukov Brigade; participated in battles & in gathering provisions. 86
SOFER Mosze M Carpenter Slonim 1925 Slonim Fell in service with the Red Army. The entrance to Bialystok 08.1944 Joined the anti-Nazi underground; fled to the forest & joined Company 51; excellent machine-gunner; transferred to the Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade. 86
SOFER Szmuel M He & all the members of his unit fell in a battle with the Germans. Lasiatch forests 06.12.1943 Fighter in the Jewish Unit the Gang from Borszczow. 86
SUCKEWER Chaim M Kurzeniec Kurzeniec He attempted to strangle a policeman who came to arrest him & the other police shot him. Kurzeniec 09.09.1942 Was in the Kurzeniec Ghetto on the day of the mass killing. 86
SOKOL Szlomo M Kamien Koszyrski 1920 Kamen Kashirskiy He fell while planting a mine. Zaworce Among the organizers of the underground in his city; joined the partisans in the Ordzhnikidzha Brigade. 86
SOKOLCZIKI Abraham M Zecharia Vilna 1927 Vilna Fell in service with the Red Army. Germany 1945 Escaped to the Kopyl forests; accepted into the Zhukov Brigade; after the war, inducted into the Red Army. 87
SUKENIK M Minsk Killed on his way to the forest. A member of the Minsk Ghetto underground. 87
SURASKI M Bialystok 1923 Bialystok After a sabotage mission, he disappeared & his whereabouts not known. Active in the Ghetto underground; escaped to the forest with the goal of setting up a Jewish partisan brigade. 87
SURFIN Beni M Dolhinov 1924 Budslaw Surrounded by Germans, he fell with his brother in an attempt to break out . Near the Neivl-Sorazh railroad line. 03.1943 His brother Gedalia Escaped from the Ghetto & joined the Vorownev Unit; participated in many battles & in the dynamiting of trains. 87
SURFIN Gedalia M Budslaw Budslaw Surrounded by Germans, he fell with his brother in an attempt to break out . Near the Neivl-Sorazh railroad line. 03.1943 His brother Beni Escaped from the Ghetto & joined the Vorownev Unit. 87
STOLOWICZ Kalmen M Carpenter Ostrow Mazowiecka 1923 Swierzen Fell in service with the Red Army. The entrance to Bialystok 02.08.1944 Among the leaders of the forced labor camp underground; escaped to the Kapoli forest & joined the Jewish unit of the Zhukov Brigade; participated in battles; laying mines; ? in an ambush of Belorussian police. 87
STOLAR Basia F Mendel Batya Pinsk 1916 Pinsk She was in the Lida Ghetto & was taken with the Ghetto remnants to Sobibor where she died in the gas chamber. Sobibor 09.1943 BIELSKI She fled from the Lida Ghetto to the forest & joined the Kalinin Brigade. 87
STOLAR Jehuda M Builder Karelits 1905 Karelits Fell in service with the Red Army. Konigsberg 1945 His brother Szlomo Escaped with his brothers from the Nowogrodek Ghetto; joined the Kalinin Brigade. 87
STOLAR Szlomo Keidrel M Merchant, plasterer Karelits 1927 Karelits Fell in Israel's War of Independence. Latrun 13.05.1948 His brother Jehuda Fled with is brothers; in the Bielski Brigade appointed head of group that was responsible for providing supplies; after liberation got to Italy & from there came on Aliyah to Eretz Yisrael; was in the Haganah & later in Zahal (IDF); among the defenders of Tel Aviv. 87
STOKLICKI Aleksander M Zecharia Vilna 1918 Swierzen Wounded while gathering provisions; brought to a military hospital & died during surgery. Moscow 10.1943 Among those who broke out & escaped from [the forced labor] camp; joined the Zhukov Brigade & was a scout. 88
STRYCZANSKI Mosze M Handed over by Lithuanians to the Gestapo; tortured & sent to Ponar where he died. Ponar Camp Monik RADZEIWITZ A scout in the Jewish Nekama Brigade; was involved in intelligence gathering. 88
Hanka F Bialystok Bialystok She was caught in a German ambush & killed. Sofrasal forests 02.09.1943 Jankel MELAMED She fled from the Ghetto to the forest & joined the Ometz-Eliash group & later the Kadimah Brigade. 88
SIBOSZ CIBOSZ M Warsaw Killed in an attack on a German garrison. Tchmiuli Partisan in Company 51 of the Shachurs Brigade. 88
SIBOWICZ Jenta F Bialystok Bialystok She was in a bunker in the Ghetto that was discovered by the Germans; she was shot trying to escape. Bialystok, Khmeilna St. 7 16.08.1943 She was a member of the fighting organization; while resisting & defending was caught & sent to Treblinka; jumped from the train & returned to Bialystok. 89
SIGAL Dawid M Soshichno, in the region of Koszyrski Fell in battle. Partisan in the Shachurs Brigade. 89
SIDRANSKI Zajde M Jasinowka Fell in battle. Sofrasal forest 89
SIDROW Josef M Drohiczyn Executed on charges that he was a policeman in the Drohiczyn Ghetto. Escaped from the Ghetto & joined the Sovorov Brigade. 89
SIOMA M A village in the area of Vitebsk Seriously wounded in a battle with the Germans in the area of Naliboki; died in the hospital. Naliboki Joined a partisan unit after showing great courage; after completing a sabotage course, parachuted to the Naliboki forest; fought against Germans & White Poles. 89
SIOMKA M Killed in a battle that ensued with retreating Germans. Partisan in the Zorin Brigade. 89
SAJFER Anka F Pochowic near Minsk 1924 She fell when her unit attempted to break out of a German seige. 06.1944 She escaped to the forest & joined the Poveida Brigade; worked in the kitchen & also participated in sabotage missions. 89
SIMCHOWICZ M Raduszkiewicze At the end of a battle, ammunition ran out; he jumped into the river & drowned. Dwinsia River 1943 Escaped from the Ghetto & joined the Narodny Mastital group; was in a scouting unit & also involved in intelligence gathering. 89
SIMNER Mulia M Kniszyn, near Bialystok Fell in battle with the Germans. Kupersk A member of a Jewish group in the forest; ambushed Germans & their collaborators. 89
SINGAL Baruch M Olivka in the Maniewicze region 1914 Fell from shots fired in a German ambush. Berce 11.1942 Fled from the Ghetto with other young people; together with them & 3 Ukrainians formed the Maks Brigade & was involved in organizing the group. 90
SINDER Icchak M Ilja 1908 Ilja Killed in an attack on a German convoy. Molodeczno-Wilejka Road Escaped from his town's Ghetto; organized a group of young people & ambushed Germans with the aim of taking their weapons. 90
SISNICKI Jakow M Kovno Fell in a battle against a German garrison. Witchorishki 09.04.1944 A member of the underground organization in the Ghetto; went with colleagues to the Rudniki forest & joined the Death to the Conquerors Brigade. 90
SIRZNIK Jakow M Berezne Fell in an air bombing attack. A partisan in the Mikyon Brigade. 90
SLOBODKIN Lejb M Rubiezewicze Rubiezewicze Two versions: (1) fell in attack on a military garrison; (2) fell in a hunt for partisans. Naliboki 1942 /07.1943 FISZKIN Escaped from the forced labor camp; got to the forest with his colleagues; connected with partisans & they provided them with weapons; member of the Tchapaeiv Brigade; was in group that ambushed Gestapo members who came to humiliate & murder Jews. 90
SLOMKA Chaim M Butcher In the area of Lomza 1920 A mistake led to a fierce battle between Germans & those poised for an ambush; seriously wounded & died from his injuries. Kuprish-Ruda-Jaworska Road 05.1943 Alter DWORECKI, Mosze PAZDUNSKI, Hershel (Cwi) KAPLINSKI, Dr. Szlomo MARKUS A member of the Zdzieciol Ghetto underground; got to the Bourki forest & later joined a Jewish unit in the Lipczanska forest; afterwards was in the Orlianski Brigade; took revenge on murderers of Jews & their families; participated in battles against German military garrisons. 91
SLONIM Pinchas M Married Smolensk Iwieniec Killed in a battle with Germans after his ammunition ran out. Naliboki Dawid LIPSZYC, Muma CZORNE A major in the Red Army; after the German invasion trapped in Iwieniec; exiled to Nowogrodek; helped to organize the underground & get money to aquire weapons; joined the Stalin Brigade as a fighter. 91
SLONIMSKI Ber Berka M Shmuel Byten 1907 Caught by Germans while riding a horse on a spying mission; tortured & executed. Wilcze-Nory forest Partisan in the Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade. 91
SLUCKI Awraham M Karelits 1920 While setting a mine for a train, the mine went off before he could escape. Joined the Oriol Brigade; excelled as machine gunner & technician specializing in maintaining weapons. 91
SLUCKI Baruch M Wood transporter Aharon Sara Leah Lenin 1893 Lenin Killed in a German pursuit. Near the village of Laskowiec 05.1944 His sons Moshe & Zelig Fled to the forest near Laskowiec; joined the Brigade of Pakosh. 92
SLUCKI Zelig M Baruch Chaya Lenin 1928 Lenin Killed in a German pursuit. Near the village of Laskowiec 05.1944 His father Baruch Fled with his father; joined the Brigade of Pakosh; assisted in camp maintenance. 92
SLUCKI Jechiel M Aharon Chaya Lenin 1924 Lenin Shot by commanding officer of unit after he was accused of not turning over booty. In the area of Lenin 09.1942 Fled with his colleagues from the forced labor camp to the forest. 92
SLUCKI Jakow M Yitzhak Charna Karelits 1916 Karelits Killed when he lit the fuse of a mine too early. BIELSKI Transferred to Nowogrodek Ghetto; escaped & joined the Kalinin Brigade; involved in many missions; repaired & assembled weapons & mines; transferred to the Alexander Nevsky Brigade in the Naliboki forest; expert sapper; blew up trains & mined roads. 92
SLUCKI Icchak M Lakhwa Fell in battle when he was in unit under the command of Patron. Luban District 1944 Nachman MAJZEL Wrote poetry, some of which was published in the newspaper Literarishe Bletter; his book of poetry Inmitan was published; wrote essay 'On Hebrew Lyrics;' escaped from the Ghetto & joined a Russian partisan unit; excelled as a fighter; his poetry was published in Einigkeit in Moscow. 92
SLUCKI Icchak M Merchant Pesach Chasia Jeskowce 1897 When it became clear to him that there was no way out when under a German seige, he killed himself. In the area of Zagaliya-Zhibin 05.1944 His son Leib Escaped with his son to the forest & joined the Brigade of Pakosh. 92
SLUCKI Leib M Yitzhak Jeskowce 1923 He killed himself together with his father. In the area of Zagaliya-Zhibin 05.1944 His father Icchak Escaped with his father to the forest & joined the Brigade of Pakosh. 92
SLUCKI Lipe M Elyakim Masha Lenin 1920 Lenin Shot after he was accused of not turning over booty. In the area of Lenin His cousin Jechiel SLUCKI Escaped with his 3 brothers; they were caught in a German ambush & the brothers were killed; he was saved by pretending he was dead; joined a Russian partisan group in the Komorov Brigade. 93
SLUCKI Perec M Baranowicze Accused of confiscating a sewing machine from a farmer; sentenced to death & shot. 01.11.1943 Icchak LOBORZOWSKI Partisan in the Orlovski Brigade. 93
SLUCKI Szmuel M Avraham Rivkah Turzec 1924 Turzec After liberation all trace of him was lost as a soldier in the Red Army. East Prussia 15.08.1944 Escaped with his father & younger brother to the forest & joined the Zhukov Brigade; participated in the Brigade's campaigns; after liberation inducted into the Red Army. 93
SLAPOK Mosze Maxim M Krynki Krynki The partisan unit to which he belonged was surrounded by an SS unit; he was critically wounded & died the next day. Near the village of Lifovi-Must Headed a group that left the Ghetto for the Sofrasal forest; he trained the group & was its commander; they attacked police stations & took weapons. 93
SLIWKA Chaim M Metal worker Elyakim Reizel Dziekanow in the Lublin area 1917 Poworsk On guard duty when he saw that the Germans were surrounding the unit's base; opened fire & was killed by German fire. Lubarki forest 12.1942 His brother Reuven Escaped to the Lubarki forest where a group of young people came together to take revenge on collaborators; they joined a group of Soviet soldiers & the Kartorin Brigade came about. 93
SLIWKA Szymon M Married Zeivil Ignatowka 1904 Kaszowka On the eve of Yom Kippur was in the synagogue when the Germans took out all the worshippers & killed them. Kotchyovka (or Ignatowka) 1942 His wife & all his children were murdered; he fled to the forest & joined a Jewish partisan unit; he was killed on Yom Kippur. 94
SLEPAK Pinchas M Wlodzimierz 1918 Wlodzimierz His unit was caught in a German ambush & he was killed. Jeziersk He broke through a German line, shooting & killing a policeman; joined the Shitov Brigade. 94
SMOLOWICKI Jasza M Homel 1925 Fell in the last battle of his unit. Ivye 06.07.1944 Volunteered for a mission in the area conquered by Germans; passed a course to prepare partisans & sent to the area of Ivye; was in the Roshatz Brigade; participated & stood out in attacks & battles against fortified military positions, setting mines & dynamiting trains; candidate to receive the Zvizda & Slava citatations & the Partisan of the Homeland War, Grade A medal. 94
SMILANSKI SMOLINSKI Miron M Suvlak Fell in battle. 1944 Partisan in Company 51 of the Shachurs Brigade. 94
SANDLER Dawid M Kovno Kovno Fell in battle with a military garrison. Vatzorishki 02.1944 Nehemia ANDLIN, Izrael GOLDBLAT A member of the fighting group in his town; went to Rudniki forest; joined the Death to the Conquerors Brigade. 94
SENDEROWSKI Mosze M Butcher Zdzieciol Zdzieciol Fell on a frontal attack on a German garrison while the Germans shouted anti-Semitic accusations. Nakryszki Hershel (Cwi) KAPLINSKI Escaped to the Lipczanska forest & joined a Jewish unit; after it disbanded he was in the Bourba Brigade; took part in actions against collaborators. 94
SNOBSKI Matitjahu M Machinist, welder Slonim Slonim Was hard of hearing; at the last pursuit [of the enemy] did not hear the order to retreat & was killed. Wilcze-Nory forest 18.02.1943 Smuggled weapon parts to partisan units; fled to the forests with a sub-machine gun; joined theTchapaeiv Brigade. 95
SNOBSKI Szymon M Slonim Slonim Falsely accused by Russian partisans who then murdered him. Near Malinowka Escaped from the Ghetto to the Wilcze-Nory forests; joined Unit 52 of the Shachurs Brigade; participated in dynamiting trains. 95
SPOKOJNI Chaim M Vilna Vilna Caught with his group in a German ambush. Bridge on the Wilejka River 24.07.1943 Josef GLAZMAN Among the fighters of the PPA; left the Ghetto & was on his way to the forest. 95
SPIKER Partzel M Physician Przemysl Polesie Was left in the forest to care for injured; he committed suicide after poisoning the wounded as he was commanded to do. Area of Volhyn 05.1944 Partisan in the Shatzki forest. 95
SKOBLA Hirsz M Fell during a German seige. Among the fighters of the Minsk Ghetto underground. 95
SKURNIK M Artist Warsaw Warsaw Was with his colleagues when they were caught in a German ambush; fell in the battle. In the area of Bialystok 10.1942 Went to the forest with a group with the goal of starting a partisan unit. 96
SKLIOT SZKLIOT Josef M Blacksmith Meizhiv near Wolozyn Meizhiv near Wolozyn Returned to the farmer's house where he hid his clothing; because of this he was accused of theft & shot. Wolozyn forest Got to the forest & joined the Kuzhneirski Brigade. 96
SREBNIK Boris M Actor Minsk 1920 Minsk Was mining railroad tracks & the mine prematurely exploded; he was blinded & shot himself. The Budy-Hancewicze railroad line 16.04.1943 Zina WOLCZOK A soldier in the Red Army at the beginning of the War; escaped the seige & got to the forest; among those who established the Iskra Brigade; a member of the Lazu sabotage group; appointed its commander; excelled in road & railroad sabotage activities; set many mines for railroads; well loved by his colleagues; after his death awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. 96
SREBRIANSKI Ziama M Minsk Was turned over along with his colleagues & hanged with them. Minsk A member of the military committee of the Minsk underground. 96
SREBRNIK Welwel M Shot by a Russian partisan who wanted to steal his weapon. Near Baranowicze A partisan in the Baranowicze forests; participated in derailing trains. 96
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EZRIN M Fell in a battle with Germans who attacked the Brigade's base. Naliboki forest Partisan in the Zorin 106 Brigade. 97
AKIBA M Pohost Fell when dynamiting a German train. In the area of Bogdanovka Partisan in the Kaganovich Jewish Brigade. 97
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FABROWSKI Joke M Kovno Fell in battle with German fortified position. Witchorishki 09.04.1944 A member of the fighting group in the Kovno Ghetto; got to the forest & joined the Vlados Baronas Brigade. 97
FADISON Perec M Kovno Fell in battle with German fortified position. Witchorishki 09.04.1944 Among the first organizers of the uprising movement in the Kovno Ghetto; headed the sabotage unit of the Death to the Conquerors Brigade in Rudniki. 97
PAW Leib M Czyzewo In a battle with the Germans, ammunition ran out, captured & executed. In the area of Briansk Fled to the forest & joined the Partizanka Brigade. 97
PAZDUNSKI Mosze M Vilna 1906 Zdzieciol After negotiations with Russian partisans failed, they ambushed him & his colleague & killed them. Podiavorka Attorney Alter DWORECKI At the beginning of the German occupation hid in a village & acquired a weapon; later forced to flee to the Lipczanska forest & was among the first Jewish partisans. 97
PAT- LEWIN Szejna F Nursery school teacher Natan Masha Reizel Bialystok Killed in the Ghetto revolt; among the last of those who fell. Bialystok Her brother Jakow PAT, her daughters Chana & Mitia She was active in the spying unit; succeeded in getting into the headquarters of the German command & got information that she turned over to the partisans; convinced the partisan command to support the Ghetto underground; she was awarded the Sign of Lenin commendation. 97
FAJWKA F Vilna 1913 She fell in battle. 04.01.1944 She was a member of the fighting unit in the Bialystok Ghetto; a partisan after she jumped from a train on its way to a concentration camp. 98
PAJEWSKI Mina F Slonim She was on guard duty & was wounded when the Germans attacked; she threw her weapon into the river & died. Wilcze-Nory forest She was a partisan in the Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade. 98
FAJERSZTEJN M Engineer Attempted to escape before being deported to an unknown location; shot & killed. Brody railroad station A member of the anti-Nazi underground in the Brody Ghetto; worked in a metal workshop; made bombs. 98
FAJERSZTEJN Josef M Poland 1921 After a successful operation, unit attacked by Germans, wounded & died. In the area of the Rudniki forest M. GLEBTRUNK-YITZHAKI Arrived in the Rudniki forest with a group; joined Death to the Conquerors Brigade; participated in sabotage missions, mining railroad tracks & destroying telephone poles. 98
PASMANIK Awraham M Kosowa Died during seige. Wilcze-Nory 19.03.1943 His brother Chaim Fought in the Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade. 98
PASMANIK Chaim M 1915 Kosowa Died during seige. Wilcze-Nory 19.03.1943 His brother Awraham Fought in the Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade. 98
PACANOWSKA F Lodz Fell in the Ghetto uprising. Bialystok 08.1943 She was active in the Jewish fighters organization in Bialystok. 99
FAKTOR M Moscow Wounded by shrapnel during Brigade attack & died. Barbarova A machine-gunner in the Red Army; after army withdrew, remained in forests & was among the organizers of the partisan movement; a member of the Golaeiv Brigade. 99
FARAD Fejwel M Kovno Killed when a large weapons warehouse exploded. 07.1943 Meir LURIA Member of the Kovno Ghetto underground; together with colleagues hid weapons & smuggled them into the Ghetto. 99
PACOWSKI Hirsz M Carpenter Bezalel Freida Zdzieciol 1915 Zdzieciol Fell in an attack on staff [headquarters]. 09.05.1944 BIELSKI Taken from the Zdzieciol Ghetto to the forced labor camp in Nowogrodek; fled with others via a tunnel they dug with their hands; joined the Kalinin Brigade; participated in attacks on retreating Germans. 99
FARBER Hela F Married Chanoch Suspected by the Germans of cooperating with partisans; arrested & all traces of her disappeared. Her husband Chanoch She was sent with other partisans to work for Germans living on an estate; she maintained contact with the fighters & provided intelligence to them. 99
FARBER Chanoch Kovaldo M Married Hela Bialystok 1907 Bialystok Fell in a battle with Germans who attacked his unit. Izov forest 25.09.1943 A member of the fighting organization in the Ghetto; among the organizers of a workshop to produce weapons; participated in the uprising & afterwards got to the Sofrasal forest joined the Vafeirod Brigade. 99
FARER Josef M Borszczow Borszczow Fell in a German attack on his unit. In the area of Lusiatch 06.12.1943 Stole weapons & ammunition from the Germans for the partisans; member of the Borszczow Gang that operated in the Ghetto & afterwards in the area forests. 100
FARER Mendel M Borszczow Fell in a German attack on his unit. In the area of Lusiatch 06.12.1943 Partisan in the Borszczow Jewish fighters unit. 100
POGORELSKI Tanchum Tulik M Bialystok 1923 Bialystok In a battle between 2 groups of partisans, wounded & killed. Berezow forest Member of the Ghetto fighters organization; smuggled weapons to the Ghetto; fled & joined a unit that operated in the Bialystok area. 100
PODBEREZKI Josef M Fell in battle that ensued after a German attack on the partisan base. Baraniszki 04.07.1944 Outstanding partisan in the Vilnius Brigade. 100
PODBEREZKI Fula M Married Stroller repairman Horodok 1914 Horodok Shot & killed by a drunk Russian partisan. Naliboki forest One month before liberation Member of the Jewish underground in his town; went to the Naliboki forest & joined the Staritzki Brigade; headed the group that secured provisions. 100
PODLOWSKI Zeidke M Fell in battle. 05.1944 Partisan in the Jewish unit in the Bialystok forests. 100
PUDENHECHT M Lvov Luck He killed a Gestapo member & was in turn killed by another Gestapo member. Luck 20.08.1942 In Luck Ghetto 100
POZNIAK Awraham M Mir 1922 Mir Killed when returning from an economic mission with colleagues when they were attacked by another group of partisans. Fled from the Ghetto to the forests & joined the Zha Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade in the Naliboki forests. 100
POZNIAKOW Misza M Russia Killed by an agent planted by the Germans. Narocz forest Partisan, among the first fighters in the Narocz forests. 100
PUZRICKI Iechiel Czapayev M Married Lumber appraiser Trokiele 1901 Woronow After the war was murdered by members of the AK. Lodz In the 1950s When the Jews of Woronow were murdered, fled to the villages & afterwards with Russian prisoners of war established the Iskra Brigade; participataed in attacks on fortified positions; strikes against enemies of Jews; acted as guide in battles. 101
POLACZEK Chaim M Teacher Nieswiez Fell in defending in the Ghetto. Nieswiez 02.07.1942 Member of the Ghetto undergound; involved in preparing explosives. 101
POLONSKI Awraham M Cattle dealer Feiva Eli Nowogrodek 1924 Nowogrodek At the end of a mission, a farmer betrayed them to the Germans who killed his colleagues; the farmer's son killed him with an axe. Dopropole 03.1943 His brother Reuwen; head of Unit Victor After the slaughter in his town, fled with his brother; joined the Kalinin Brigade; served as a guide; was a machine gunner & participated in battles; lightly wounded in one of the battles. 101
POLONSKI Reuwen M Feiva Eli Nowogrodek 1926 Nowogrodek Killed with his brother when the farmer with whom they were staying alerted the Germans. Dopropole 03.1943 His brother Awraham Together with his brother fled to the forest & joined the Kalinin Brigade. 101
POMERANC Ezriel M Shoemaker Drohiczyn Fell in battle. Bilinek Fled from the Ghetto & joined a partisan brigade. 101
FUNT Mosze M Ivenets 1914 Fell in battle. In the area of Naliboki Organized partisan groups in the forests near his town; brought young people from the Nowogrodek Ghetto to the forest. 101
POSESORSKI Cwi M Warsaw - Praga 1920 Stolpce Killed by an anti-Semitic company commander in group made up of Russian prisoners of war. In the area of Kopyl 07.1943 WITENBERG, MAJTEK Feiga, KAZIN Reichman, his sister Henja, his brother Shimon Yisrael, his brother-in-law ZLOTOWICZ Organized young people in the Stolpce Ghetto to fight the Germans; supplied them with weapons; fled from the Ghetto with others & joined the Zhukov Brigade; participated in campaigns & was a very active fighter; made efforts to free Jews from the Swierzen forced labor camp; those who survived entered his name in the Golden Book after coming on Aliyah to Israel; there is a photograph. 102
PUSK M Fell by the hands of non-Jewish combatants when organizing the unit. Lipczanska forest Alter DWORECKI Partisan in the unit of Alter Dworecki. 103
PUPKA Luba F Clerk Keila Lida 1923 Lida Captured on a mission to acquire medicine & equipment & sent to death camp. 09.1943 BIELSKI She escaped from the Ghetto & joined the Kalinin Brigade. 103
PUPKIN Israel Chaim M Turzec 1898 Killed by Germans when on mission to bring food to the Brigade. 02.1943 Escaped from the Swierzen forced labor camp & joined the Zhukov Brigade. 103
POCZTER M Ejszyszki Ejszyszki Seriously wounded when attacked by White Partisans; died after suffering for a year. The Vilna-Ejszyszki road 07.1944 The older of 2 brothers; he escaped with his mother & younger brother & got to the Rudniki forest; after much negotiation accepted into a partisan brigade; he was a scout for the unit. 103
POCZTER Mosze M Wasiliszki 1923 When returning with colleagues from dynamiting mission, caught in ambush by White Poles & killed. Zabloc Escaped from the death pit; with the help of a farmer, he made contact with & joined the Leninski Komsomol Brigade; initiated & carried out the rescue of Jews from the Szczuczyn & Lida Ghettos; participated in battles; served as a guide; concerned with obtaining supplies. 103
PORTIK Icchak M Maniewicze 1925 Maniewicze After coming on Aliyah to Israel, participated in the War of Independence & was injured; died a few years later. Tel Aviv 1958 Escaped from the Ghetto & joined the Maks Brigade. 104
FURMAN Hirsz M Reuven Dunilowicze 1927 Dunilowicze On the eve of liberation, fell in a partisan attack on German forces. Makowa 06.1944 His father Ruwen, his brothers Yoel, Avraham-Ber, Zalman-David Left the Ghetto with his father & 3 brothers & thely joined the Malnik Brigade; excelled as a machine-gunner & showed outstanding bravery in battles. 104
FURMAN Josef M Brush manufacturer Miedzyrzec 1919 Ivye Executed on charges that he was negligent during guard duty. BIELSKI Taken to Lida & escaped; joined the Kalinin Brigade & then the Ordzhnikidzha Brigade. 104
FURMAN Ruwen M Merchant Dunilowicze Dunilowicze Fell in a seige of Germans on the partisans. Uszaczy forests 1944 His sons Hirsz, Yoel, Avraham-Ber, Zalman-David Fled with his son & together they joined the Malnik Unit. 104
PORECKI M Surgeon Slonim Died of meningitis. Rozany forests 08.03.1944 Served as doctor in the Dimitrov Brigade. 104
FURER Dow M Wlodawa 1915 Lakhwa After liberation inducted into the Red Army; fought in the Baltic front & all trace of him was lost. At the beginning of the War served in the Polish army; among those who rebelled in the Lakhwa Ghetto; fled from the town & joined the Stalin Brigade serving as a medic. 104
PETLUK Gedalia M Kniszyn Fell in the Ghetto uprising. Bialystok 08.1943 Member of the fighting organization in the Bialystok Ghetto. 104
PETRUCHOWICZ Lejzer M Slonim Slonim After liberation inducted into the Red Army; wounded 3 times & all trace of him was lost. Got to the Lipczanska forest & joined the Bourba Brigade; served as a machine-gunner; participated in battles & in derailing trains. 105
FIALKOW Jakow Fialka M Chlaby in the area of Ludwipole 1918 On return from a mission, lost his way & was killed by Polish partisans. 1943 Among the first fighters in the Brigade of Medvedev; participated in battles; involved in securing supplies. 105
FIALKOW Israel Sanya M Blacksmith Chaim Esther Wiczowka 1925 Sent on a intelligence gathering mission; discovered by farmers who betrayed him to the Germans; he was tied to a horse & dragged until he died. Zhaklin 01.1943 MYSYORA Escaped from the Serniki Ghetto to the Swuritzvicz forest; scout in the Voroshilov Brigade; involved in intelligence gathering; missions to eliminate fortified positions; guided his Brigade in the forest; helped the family camp & took revenge on murderers of Jews. 105
FIALKOW Nachman M Carpenter Ya'akov Sheva Serniki 1923 Serniki He fell in a battle against a large German force that was about to attack the Brigade. Parkola near Pinsk Berl GASMAN, Faiwel GLEZER Went from the Ghetto to the forest with his father & 3 brothers; joined the Voroshilov Brigade; excelled in bravery; participated in liquidating German estates; burned storage facilities; dynamited bridges; eliminated military garrisons; helped the family camp & took revenge on murderers of Jews. 105
FIALKOW Szlomo Syoma M Carpenter Ya'akov Sheva Serniki 1920 Serniki A scout, he entered a farmer's house & police were called; in the battle that ensued, captured, tortured & executed. In the area of Wiczowka His brother Chanan Went from the Ghetto to the forest with his father & 3 brothers; joined the Voroshilov Brigade; excelled in bravery; participated in ambushes against German police & military outposts; derailed trains; dynamited bridges & destroyed German estates; greatly assisted the family camp; killed his mother's murderer; received the medal of Outstanding Partisan along with the Lenin & Red Flag commendations. 106
FIDLER Zeev M Avraham Kurzeniec 1920 Kurzeniec He fell in a furious battle while climbing on a tank with a grenade & was crushed by the tank. In the area of Slashczinsak 1944 Fled to the forest in the area of Minsk & joined the Mastital Brigade; participated in battles against the Germans & Belorussians; received commendations. 106
FIODOROWICZ M Homel 1906 Wounded in his stomach in a battle with the Germans; the doctor determined that there was no way he could survive; at his request, he was shot. At the 10th dam near the Bug-Dneiper canal 14.10.1942 Battalion commander in the Red Army; fought against Finland & awarded the Lenin commendation; during the [German] invasion, wounded & captured; escaped & got to Wilcze-Nory; company commander in Company 51; brought about the liquidation of a German fortified position & saved lives of Jews; at his initiative a cadet academy for the Belorussian police was destroyed; he continued with the elimination of fortified positions; hoped to make Aliyah to Eretz Yisrael. 106
PIOLUN Szolem M Furrier Slawatycze 1922 Zdzieciol Being liason between the Ghetto & partisans led to his capture by the Germans; tortured & executed. Zdzieciol Attorney (Alter) DWORECKI Among the leaders of the Zdzieciol Ghetto underground; acquainted with farmers & prisoners of war; helped secure weapons for the underground; was guide for those who escaped from the Ghetto; there is a photograph. 107
PITKOWSKI Lema M Married Fanya Byten 1906 Byten On his way to guard duty, the person in charge of guard Unit shot & killed him. Wilcze-Nory forest 02.11.1942 SZTERN, BEYAR Went with his wife & daughter to the forest; joined the Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade; protected/defended Jews; because of anti-Semitism transferred to the Mikhalinai Brigade; participated in sabotage missions & derailing trains; there is a photograph. 108
FEIBOSZEWICZ Icchak M Teacher Yehuda Lowicz 1911 Stolpce Fell in service with the Red Army. Two versions: (1) crossing Narov River; (2) Berlin 12.02.1944/ 05.1945 After the mass killing in Turzec was transferred to a forced labor camp; escaped to the Kapoli forest; joined the Zhukov Brigade; took revenge on collaborators; participated in activities of the Brigade; inducted into the Red Army. 108
FAJGELMAN Rachel F Lachowicze 1916 Lachowicze She was killed in a fight against the Germans. Kowel She was a member of the Kowel underground; also active in Luck & Lwow. 108
FEJWEL M Married Farmer Kozlowszczyzna Kozlowszczyzna His house was attacked by Byelorussians & Germans; attempted to escape but was killed in a hail of bullets. Kozlowszczyzna Tried to defend his family with anything he found in his house. 109
FEIN Bencion M Married Laborer Kovno Lithuanians came to his house & killed him & his daughter. Kovno Killed a Lithuanian rioter with an axe. 109
FAJNBERG Dawid M Lakhwa Lakhwa Fell in the Ghetto uprising. Lakhwa 03.09.1942 Among the leaders of the Lakhwa revolt. 109
FAJKOWSKI Szmuel Lejb M Dealer in leather & shoes Mordecai Nechama Ejszyszki 1900 Ejszyszki On a mission to sabotage telephone pole; the poles were wired with explosives; killed with his colleague. The Vilna-Solczniki road 22.06.1944 His son Ruwen On the day of the mass killing in the Ghetto, went with his son to the forests; joined the Bourba Brigade in the Rudnike forest; participated in battles. 109
PILOWNIK Tuwie M Kovno 1924 Kovno On his way to renew contact between the underground & partisans; captured & executed. 30 kilometers east of Kovno Aba DISKANT, Ruwen GORGEL, Menachem RUBIN A member of the Ghetto underground; involved in keeping contact with partisans; joined Death to the Conquerors Brigade. 109
FILIPOWSKI Aron M Physician Baranowicze Baranowicze Killed when caught in a police ambush. Krzywoszyn Was the first to leave Baranowicze for the forest; part of Company 51 that became the Shachurs Brigade; participated in military actions. 109
PINUS Pinchas M Shoemaker Sulvak 1917 Dereczyn Fell in service with the Red Army. Dr. ATLAS, Isak BOJARSKI, PERELMAN Escaped from the Dereczyn Ghetto for the Lipczanska forest; joined the Poveida Brigade; demonstrated courage; wounded & after he recovered insisted that he be returned to active duty; participated in many battles, burned bridges & derailed trains; awarded the commendation War of the Homeland, Grade 1. 109
PINTELEWSKI Szlomo M Poland Poland There are 2 versions; (1) fell in a battle between partisans & Lithuanian units; (2) fell in a defensive battle. Dabrowa 08.1942 BULAK, MEIROWICZ Joined Company 51 & afterwards the Bulak Brigade; received commendation for his bravery. 110
PINSKI Jehoszua M Bialystok 1913 Oszmiana Killed in exchange of fire in a sudden German attack on the unit's base. In the area of Wolozyn 17.11.1943 (22 Tishrei 5704) Mosze CZARNE Escaped from the Oszmiana Ghetto & got to the Naliboki forest & joined the Zha Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade. 110
PINCZEWSKI Loncia M Grodno Grodno Fell in Bialystok Ghetto uprising. Bialystok Ghetto 16.08.1943 Zorach ZYLBERBERG After the Aktzia in Grodno got to Bialystok; member of the fighters organization; evaluated Jewish organization in the forests. 110
FINKEL Mosze M Kehos Maniewicze 1927 Maniewicze After Aliyah to Israel began working in a quarry & was killed in a work accident. 29.12.1955 Escaped with his father & 2 brothers from the Ghetto to the forests; joined the Maks Brigade; after liberation came on Aliyah & enlisted in Tzahal (IDF) reaching the rank of major. 110
FINKEL Kehos M Maniewicze 1904 Maniewicze Accused of shooting the deputy commander in battle in order to take his weapon; sentenced to death & shot. On the day of the mass killing in the Ghetto, escaped on the way to the death pits; in the forest connected with other young people & established the Maks Brigade; participated in attacks. 110
FINKEL Szaul M Kovno As a result of being betrayed, the group he was in was attacked & he was killed in the battle that ensued. On the way to the Rudniki forest A member of the the fighting organization in Kovno; responsible for the weapons' storeroom of the group. 111
FINKELSZTEJN Ben M Maniewicze 1910 Maniewicze Fell in a partisan attack on a police position. Karasin Escaped from the Ghetto; joined the Maks Brigade; participated in battles & active against collaborators. 111
FINKELSZTEJN Zejdl M Eliezer Zdzieciol 1913 Zdzieciol Fell in service with the Red Army. Swislocz River 18.07.1944 KAPLINSKI Escaped from the Zdzieciol Ghetto; joined the Kaplinski Company & later the Bourba Brigade; participated in battles, ambushes & actions agains collaborators. 111
FINKELSZTEJN Chaim M Briansk Briansk Shot by an unidentified person in sight of many people. Briansk 24.02.1947 Escaped from his town to the area forests; joined the Zhukov Brigade; appointed commander of camp near his town; after liberation, returned to his town. 111
FISMAN Sheinka M Vitebsk 1930 Vitebsk Fell in battle with Poles. In the Lida-Nowogrodek area Escaped to the forests & was taken in by Soviet partisans; attached to a paratroop unit that operated behind enemy lines; participated in scouting operations, sabotage campaigns & battles. 111
PISCENER Nachman M Barber Arieh Bluma Turzec 1914 Turzec Went on a mission to save the commissar who remained in the battlefield; fire was opened; serioiusly wounded & died in the hospital. Partisan hospital in the Czutzvicz forest 28.04.1943 Hirshel POSESORSKI Got to a forced labor camp with his father, brother & brother-in-law; was in camp underground; organized a break-out to the forest & admitted into the Zhukov Brigade; was a scout & later scout deputy commander; participated in battles against police & Germans. 111
FIRST Kalman M Engineer Hrubieszow Was in hiding place when White Ukrainians attacked; captured with his colleague & both were murdered. Stepan forests 07.1943 WINOKUR, BENIK Escaped from the Tuczyn Ghetto to the forest & joined the Medvedev Brigade; participated in actions against Germans & collaborators. 112
FIRER Kalman M Siematycze 1920 Went on mission to mine railroad tracks & didn't return; speculation is that he was murdered by his fellow partisans. Bialystok-Czarmakha railroad line 02.1943 Left the Ghetto & joined a group of partisans in the Bialowieza forest; participated in the campaigns of the unit; wounded in his throat; recuperated & returned to active duty. 112
FISZ Lea F Horkhov 1918 Horkhov In a letter sent by HeHalutz in Poland, her name is mentioned among those who were killed in the struggle. 15.11.1943 Frumka PLOTNICKA She was active in Hehalutz Hatzair (Young Pioneers); at the outbreak of the war went to Vilna & was sent to Kovno by the movement; she went underground & was active in the Lithuanian forests. 112
FISZ Michal M Cadet in Polish army Nieswiez 1910 Nieswiez Headed a group that went out on a mission; on the way back they encountered a German force & he fell in the battle. In the area of Maszuki 03.1943 Among the organizers of the opposition in the Nieswiez Ghetto; fled with other young people to the forest & joined the Zhukov Brigade; appointed deputy officer & responsible for supplies & training. 113
FISZMAN Boris M Married Minsk Killed by a German shell on his way back from mining the railroad track. Zaslaw-Minsk railroad line Jakow GRINSZTEJN Joined the Ponamarnko Brigade; requested to be assigned to a battle unit; participated in battles & mined railroad lines. 113
FISZMAN Jicchak M Eliyahu Rivkah Lakhwa 1926 Lakhwa Went missing after a battle with the Germans. 1943 On the day of the Ghetto uprising, fled to the forest & joined the Ortioshkin Brigade; participated in battles & volunteered for dangerous assignments. 113
FISZMAN Mundzio M Bursztyn Bursztyn Was in a bunker with his colleagues; they were betrayed which led to an attack by Ukrainian police; killed in the battle. Bursztyn 1943 Wolf OSTROVER, Lati BERENSZTEJN Along with colleagues dug a bunker; when attacked by Ukrainian police, went out & killed their commander & wounded another policeman. 113
FISZFEDER Szmuel M Married Cattle dealer Trostiniec Trostiniec A malignant disease attacked him when he was in the forest; after coming on Aliyah, he died. Israel 1951 Icchok GORNSZTEJN, Benjamin FELDMAN, Gad ROZENBLAT, Chaim WETCZIN When the murder of Jews started, he ambushed a German who came to arrest him; killed him & took his weapon; fled to the forest & began to take revenge on collaborators; his name became well known by all; in time, others joined him; joined the Kovpak Division; appoined head of obtaining provisions; at the end of the war made Aliyah to Israel; there is a photograph. 113
FISZKIN Mordechaj Mitek M Rubiezewicze His Brigade attacked a fortified position & afterwards withdrew; he was killed during the withdrawl. Naliboki Partisan in the Stalin Brigade. 114
FISHER M Engineer Bialystok Killed on the day of the Ghetto uprising. Bialystok, Czapla St. 16.08.1943 Worked in the underground weapons workshop making armaments. 114
FISZER Israel M 1903 On his way to search for a weapon, killed in Lithuanian ambush. 05.1943 Got to the forest with his 8-year old son; joined the Leninski Komsomol Brigade; his son fell in the great search [for partisans] 17.06.1943. 114
PECHNER Rozka F She fell in battle. Izov forest 25.09.1943 Jona BUCHACZEWSKI, Henik FARBER (KOVALDO) She fought in the Parois Brigade in the Bialystok forests. 114
FLAKSIN Fajwel M Teacher Homel 1910 Homel He led a unit of the Red Army in an attack & was killed. Nisokhoviazha 02.1944 Captain in the Red Army; captured by the Germans, escaped & got to the Minsk forests; deputy battalion commander in Buzhnako Brigade; wounded twice; derailed many trains; awarded the highest level of decoration - Dvazhdi Groi Sovietzkavo Saiozha. 114
FLASZ Israel Cwi M Maniewicze 1917 Maniewicze His lungs were damaged from his work with explosives; he became ill & died on his way to Eretz Yisrael. Salzburg 1946 Among the organizers of the town's underground; went with a group to the forest; they were the founding core of the Kruk Brigade; worked in dismantling mortars & saving the explosive material. 114
FELD Frajda F Bialystok Bialystok She & her fellow female partisan threw 2 grenades at Germans without success; both were killed. Bialystok 02.1943 Bluma She was a member of the Bialystok Ghetto underground & a teacher in the orphanage. 115
FELDMAN Abraham M Lodz 1918 Fell in battle against the Germans. Vilna ìôðé äùçøåø Jashka RAF An active member of the PPA in the Vilna Ghetto; carried out missions of sabotage including many involving cars of Germans; among organizers of the armed uprising in the [forced labor] camp. 115
FELDMAN Benjamin M Clerk Ya'akov Zofjowka 1913 Zofjowka Fell in service with the Red Army. Near Kowel 03.1944 BURAK At the time of the liquidation of the Jews, fled to the Radziwill forests; participated in missions of revenge against collaborators; joined the Brigade of Shlitzki & participated in its battle activities; there is a photograph. 115
FELDMAN Hirsz M Married Owner of grocery store Dereczyn 1910 Lida In an ambush against Germans that did not succeed, he attacked the Germans & was killed. Kushlawa road 23.12.1943 Josef JUDELEWICZ, Iser LICHTER, BIELSKI Escaped to the Lipczanska forest; joined the Bourba Brigade; left with other fighters because of the anti-Semitic atmosphere; joined the Kalinin Brigade & later the Ordzhnikidzha Brigade; among the outstanding saboteurs in the unit. 115
FELDMAN Witia M Minsk 1925 Minsk He was in his mother's house when it was attacked by Gestapo; taken with his mother & brother to the police station & put to death. Minsk G. RUBIN Was the liason between the young people in the Ghetto & the partisans; he led young people to the forest; joined the Bodiani Brigade. 116
FELDMAN Chaim M Radzilow Radzilow In escaping from the bunker, shot in his leg; put on sledge; fire opened on them & traces of him were lost. In the area of Brody 01.1944 Yechiel PARAKHOVNIK Escaped from a moving train; joined a group of partisans; participated in sabotage activities & skirmishes with Germans; concerned himself with Jews who escaped [to the forests]. 116
FELDMAN Meir M Minsk In the forest he developed frost-bite in his feet; when the Germans attacked, unable to defend himself & was shot. In the area of Minsk Specialized in forging identity cards for members of the underground; sent to establish a new partisan base in the forest. 116
FELDMAN Nachum M Minsk Died after the war. Minsk 1965 Szolem ZORIN After the first slaughter, began to organize an underground in the town; involved in obtaining weapons & leading young people to the forest; among the organizers of the Parkhomenko Brigade; set up the family camp; appointed commissar in the Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade; was 60 years old. 116
FELDMAN Natan M Lodz 1912 Hit by a German bullet while on reconnaissance patrol. In the area of Wilcze-Nory 09.1942 Partisan in the Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade. 117
FELDER Zalmen M Metal worker Bialystok Headed a unit that attacked Germans near the gate; killed in a bunker. Bialystok Ghetto, Khmeilna St. Worker in the anti-fascist organization in the Ghetto; served as the liason between the fighting organization & the partisans. 117
FELDSZER Ester F Dokszyce 1904 He fell in a seige. Uszaczy forests 1943 She fled from the Glebokie Ghetto & joined the Vitrov (Batrov) Brigade. 117
PLOTNIK Grisza M Hancewicze 1920 He was seriously wounded in a battle with the Germans; at his request to spare him the agony of dying his colleagues shot him. Grawoweitz Fighter in the Orlovski Brigade; participated in Brigade's battles. 117
PLOTNIK Jerachmiel M Cwi Nowogrodek 1927 Nowogrodek, Ramat Hakovesh Fell in Israel's War of Independence. 1947 BIELSKI Got to the Naliboki forest with his father; joined the Kalinin Brigade & came on Aliyah to Israel in 1946. 117
PLOTNIK Cwi Hirsh M Builder 1918 Nowogrodek Fell in service with the Red Army. After liberation BIELSKI Got to the Naliboki forest & joined the Kalinin Brigade. 117
PLOTEK M Warsaw When he was with a group, caught in a German ambush & killed. In the area of Mogilno Fled from the Nieswiez Ghetto & joined the Zhukov Brigade in the Kapoli forest. 117
FLUS Rachel Raia F Kamien Koszyrski 1925 Poworsk She was killed when she went out on a mining mission & was caught in a German ambush. Borowna 08.03.1943 MISZKA She went to the forests & joined a fighting group; refused to be relegated to housekeeping chores & took an active role in battle campaigns. 117
PLOCKI Perec M 1905 Lodz Shot to death by a special squad on the orders of Miklowski. Swiczicz forests 01.11.1943 Icchak LOBOZOWSKI Escaped from the Baranowicze Ghetto to the forest & joined the Orlovski Brigade; participated in many battles. 118
FLORENS Icchak M Baranowicze 1917 Nowogrodek When he was wounded he guarded a captured White Pole; the White Pole escaped; he was tried & shot. Borowa Escaped the Nowogrodek Ghetto to the Naliboki forest & joined the Tchakalow Brigade; participated in many battles. 118
FLAJSZER Josef Joshka M Salesman Lida 1913 Lida Returning from the Ghetto to the Brigade, caught in a German ambush & killed. Porosla Among the organizers of the Lida Ghetto underground; left the Ghetto for the forests; served as a guide to partisan brigades; participated in dynamiting a water tower & a plywood factory. 118
PLISKIN Israel M Holowo 1904 He fell in a seige. Lipow forests 1943 Escaped from the Glebokie Ghetto & joined the Vitrov Brigade. 118
PELC Leibl M Ludmir Murdered by a band of murderers. Forests of Volhyn Partisan in the Kampanya Peitroshya Brigade. 118
FELER Lusia Galia F Vilna 1924 Vilna She fell in a German search when they tried to break the seige. Minsk-Vilna road 03.05.1944 Baruch TZUKERKOPF, BULAK, Dr. ATLAS After the murder of her parents she hid in a monastery; left & after wandering got to the camp in Dworzecz; worked as a nurse; got to the forest & joined a partisan unit; she accompanied fighters when they went out to battle. 118
PENAUSOW Boria M Vilna 1922 Seriously wounded in battles; after the war came on Aliyah to Israel; died after suffering. 1947 Aba KOWNER Got to the Rudniki forest after Jews in his town were sent to Estonia; joined the Most Brigade; participated in many battles & excelled in them; seriously wounded in the battle over Vilna; proposed as a candidate for 2 letters of commendation; there is a photograph. 119
PESIN Jakow M Minsk Fell by German fire. Kolodyn forests A member of the Minsk Ghetto underground; fled to the Kolodyn forests; joined the Bistrov group. 119
FEFER Josef M Tuczyn, Volhyn 1920 Torchin, Volhyn Returning from a mission of blowing up a bridge encounted Bandrovtzi; seriously wounded & died. Bridge on the Luck-Wlodzimierz Road 18.12.1943 Fled to the forest & joined the Sovorov Brigade; was in the sabotage division; participated in revenge operations, obtaining weapons, damaging telephone poles, setting estates on fire, dynamiting bridges. Presented to receive a commendation for highest excellence. There is a lack of clarity concerning his family name - most likely the name is FARFEL. 119
PEKER Elijahu M Married Kopyl On the day the Ghetto was liquidated, fortified himself with his wife in their house; the Germans set it on fire & both were killed. Kopyl Fought against Gestapo & police with a machine gun. 119
PEKER Jehoszua M Ya'akov Chaya Stolpce 1927 Stolpce Fell in Israel's War of Independence in the Harel Brigade. Ashdod, Israel 03.06.1948 (25 Iyar 5708) His father Jakow PEKER Got to the Naliboki forest; was in the family camp where he helped with the infrastructure; came on Aliyah on an illegal immigrant ship; joined the Gal-On group in Kibbutz Yad Mordecai; a machine gunner in the Harel Brigade. 119
PEKER Jakow M Stolpce 1910 Went with the Brigade to attack retreating Germans; killed in the battle. Puscza-Naliboki Road 07.1944 Escaped from a car driven by a member of the SS; joined the Brigade of Zorin; participated in various missions with great courage; there is a photograph. 120
FRATKIN Mosze M Horodok 1923 Fell in a face to face battle. 03.1944 Escaped from the forced labor camp to the Naliboki forest; active in the general staff of the Tchakalow Brigade. 120
FRANK M Bialystok Fell in the German Aktzia. Bialystok Ghetto, Pavritchna St. 02.1943 Henoch FARBER Active in the anti-Nazi underground in the Bialystok Ghetto; coordinated weapon production in the Ghetto; trained young people in use of firearms. 120
PRUZANSKI Nachman M Janow 1919 Fell in service with the Red Army. Near Pinsk 07.1944 Joined the Kruk Brigade; participated in Brigade's campaigns. 120
PRUCHNA Lejb Lijoka M David Pesya Vilna 1916 Vilna He tried to save a colleague from drowning & drowned himself. Sultza River near the village of Ejszyszki 1943 Elchanan MAGID Fighter in the Vilna Ghetto underground; got to the Rudniki forest from the Ghetto & joined the Mastital Brigade; was a scout in the Brigade. 120
PRUSLIN Mordechaj Motia M Uzda near Minsk Was on his way to the forest to set up a partisan base; caught & hanged by the Germans. In the area of Minsk 1942 Among the founders of the underground in the Minsk Ghetto. 120
PROPORC Szlomo M Porter 1892 Bialystok At the time of the Aktzia he cut the barbed wire surrounding the Ghetto; Germans attacked him & he was killed. Bialystok Ghetto Member of the Bialystok Ghetto underground. 121
PRUSZCYNSKA Sonia F Stolpce She was sent from the Ghetto to bring weapons; caught by the Germans, tortured and executed. Stolpce She was a partisan; family name could have been PRUSZCZYKA or BRUSZCZYCKA. 121
PRIWUT Beniamin M Briansk 1924 Briansk Fell when the Germans attacked the weapons hiding place of his group. In the vicinity of Briansk 08.12.1943 His grandfather Shmuel POPLOV; his brother Josef Partisan in the Partizanka Unit that merged with the Zhukov Brigade. 121
PRIWUT Josef M Briansk 1927 Briansk Fell when the Germans attacked the weapons hiding place of his group. In the vicinity of Briansk 08.12.1943 His grandfather Shmuel POPLOV; his brother Beniamin Escaped from the Briansk Ghetto; joined a group of fighters & later the Zhukov Brigade; wounded in one of the skirmishes but managed to escape. 121
PRIWULSKI Dow Berel M Menasha Yenta Kosow Poleski 15.01.1927 Kosow Poleski Joined Palmach after Aliyah to Israel; in battle at Rafiah, wounded, insisted on continuing to fight; hit again & killed. Rafiah 1948 When his town was conquered, fled with his brother to the forest; at first was with a group of Jews who joined with Russian partisans; came on Aliyah to Eretz Yisrael; joined Palmach; appointed company commander; fought in the southern & Jerusalem fronts. 121
FRIDBERG Arie M Married Watchmaker Uri Sara Pruzany 1916 Pruzany After Aliyah to Israel died of heart disease. 1951 His brothers Mosze & Yitzhak Part of the Jewish underground in his town; involved in securing weapons from farmers; fled & joined the Kirov Brigade; participated in ambushes, sabotage, destroying telegraph poles, derailing trains & blowing up bridges; responsible for the partisan airfield; received the Zha Otvago commendation & the gold medal Partisan of World War II, First Class. 121
FRIDBERG Mosze M Watchmaker Uri Sara Pruzany 1914 Pruzany Fell in battle with the Germans. Trochnovitz 18.02.1943 His brothers Arie & Yitzhak A member of the Ghetto underground; escaped to the forest & joined the Vanka Unit; a member of the sabotage unit; brought weapons to partisans. 122
FRIDE M Married Vilna Fell in battle with the Germans. Rudniki forests 1943 His wife Together with his wife was in the first group that went to the Rudniki forest to prepare a base for those who escaped. 122
FRIDE F Married Vilna She fell in a battle with the Germans. Rudniki forests 1943 Her husband Together with her husband was in the first group that went to the Rudniki forest to prepare a base for those who escaped. 122
FRIDMAN Abraham Jicchak M Building engineer Postawy 1922 Postawy Fell in seige of partisan stronghold. Narocz forest 04.1944 His brothers Henoch & Mosze; Zalmlen ROJCHMAN; Ya'akov GILCZIK (SEGALCZIK); TIMCZUK Left the Ghetto for the Narocz forests; joined the Mastital Brigade; organized the escape of the Jews from the Ghetto to the forests; served as company commander; participated on attacks on fortified positions, burning police bases & freeing Jews; also known by nickname 'Mitza.' 122
FRIDMAN G. M Minsk Fell in battle. In the area of Minsk Active in partisan unit in the area of Minsk. 122
FRIDMAN Dow Buria M Vilna 1912 Vilna Killed in battle with White Poles who attacked their hut where there were Jewish partisans. Rudniki forests 1943 A member of the Jechiel fighting group in the Vilna Ghetto; commanded the first group that left the Ghetto for the Rudniki forest. 122
FRIDMAN Henoch M Postawy Fell in battle. Narocz forest 03.1944 His brothers Abraham-Jicchak & Mosze Escaped from the Ghetto for the Narocz forests; joined the Mastital Brigade. 123
FRIDMAN Zalman M Glazier, Blacksmith Meir Leibel Dolhinov 1921 Postawy Fell in an ambush. His brother Mosze Among those who escaped to the area forests; joined the Mastitalcz Brigade; participated in many battles; attacks on military positions; liquidating estates; taking Jews from the Ghettos to the forest. 123
FRIDMAN Jcchak M Yisrael Yosef Gitel Devorah Poland 25.01.1927 Fell when trying to catch a British train in Eretz Yisrael. Pardes Hannah 18.04.1948 Joined the partisans as soon as he reached the forest; after the war was an illegal immigrant to Eretz Yisrael; joined Etzel (Irgun); completed an officers course; participated in activities against the British. 123
FRIDMAN Lome M Tailor Wysokie-Litewskie 1924 Wysokie-Litewskie Fell in service with the Red Army. Ostrow-Mazowiecka After liberation Escaped from the Ghetto & joined the Vasorovski Brigade; at first continued in his profession (tailor) & afterwards transferred to battle actions; participated in sabotage, mining roads & derailing trains; after the war was in Red Army. 123
FRIDMAN Mechl M Horodno 1917 Horodno Fell in service with the Red Army. After liberation His sisters Zelda & Baila Escaped with his sisters from the Ghetto to the forests; joined the Voroshilov Brigade; participated in many battles; responsible for securing supplies; after liberation was in the Red Army. 123
FRIDMAN Mosze M Dolhinov Fell in battle. Narocz forest His brother Zalman Partisan in the Mastital Brigade. 123
FRIDMAN Romek M Watchmaker Baranowicze Murdered by Russian partisans on his way back from a battle mission. Was in the group that escaped from the forced labor camp to the forest; joined the Ya'akov Kolas Brigade. 123
FREIZINGER M Stepan Fell by the hands of Ukrainians. Partisan in the Sitovski Brigade; took part in revenge attacks on Ukrainians who aided in the murder of Jews; involved in derailing trains. 124
FREIZLER Menachem M Shlomo Rachel Romania 1928 Killed by Egyptians in the War of Independence. Kibbutz Be'erot Yitzhak Exiled by Germans to a forced labor camp in Russia; escaped & joined partisans; after liberation, an illegal immigrant to Eretz Yisrael; settled in Kibbutz B'erot Yitzhak; was a sniper during the war. 124
FRAJMAN Bela F Married Avraham Cuker Uscilug 1917 She was killed with her husband by a murderous gang. Her husband Avraham CUKER She was a partisan in the Kampanya Peitrosha Brigade. 124
PRILUK Idl M Tailor Trochinbrod 1914 Trochinbrod Fell in a German attack on the base. Zofjowka forests Went with colleagues from the Ghetto to the forest; was in a Jewish unit; participated in all their battle activities. 124
FRIMAK Icchak M Kleck Fell in battle. 1944 Escaped from the Germans when being led to his death; joined the Medvedev Brigade. 124
PERL Dawid M Married Malaszewicze 1913 Slonim Fell in service with the Red Army. Crossing the Svislotz River near Bialystok Was in the Slonim Ghetto; saved at the last minute when the Ghetto was set on fire & he went to the forest; among the founders of Company 51 in the `Wilcze-Nory forests; participated in battles against fortified positions; destroying the school for police; derailing trains; saving Jews; after liberation inducted into the Red Army; received commendations for service a number of times. 124
PERELMAN M Fell in battle that broke out between 2 groups of partisans. BULAK; Pinchas PINUS; Isak BOJARSKI Partisan in the Poveida Brigade in the Ruda Dobrowszczyna forests. 125
PERELSZTAJN Asna Anya F Baranowicze 1915 Baranowicze When partisans withdrew, she remained to dress wounds of company commander; captured, tortured & shot. In the area of the Nowogrodek-Horodyszce road 06.1943 Dr. [Waclaw] LUBRANIECKI She escaped from the Baranowicze Ghetto & joined the Strelkov Brigade as a nurse; participated in all battle activities she also both rescued & dressed wounds of the injured. 125
PERELSZTAJN Szlomo M Physician Kovno Fell in a clash with Germans. 1943 A member of the Kovno Ghetto underground; among the volunteers who went to the Augustova forests to set up a base for those escaping from the Ghetto. 125
PERNIKOW Hirsz M Mir 1914 Mir Fell in service with the Red Army. After liberation BIELSKI Liason for underground in his town; went to the forest & joined the Kalinin Brigade. 125
FRENKEL M Grodno 1923 There are 2 versions; (1) captured by the Germans & all traces of him lost; (2) killed when he broke out of the Ghetto. 2 versions: (1) Smolensk; (2) Zdzieciol Ghetto 1942 Shepsel ALENBERG Escaped from the forced labor camp; among first partisans in the area; fought in the Bourba Brigade; participated in battle against gendarmes; brought fighters from the Ghetto. 125
FRENKEL M Zdzieciol 1924 Fell in a battle with Germans when he breached the Ghetto wall. Zdzieciol Ghetto 05.08.1943 Jechiel JOSELEWICZ Partisan in a Jewish unit in the Bourki forest; helped Jews escape from the Zdzieciol Ghetto. 125
FRENKEL Franka F Textile worker Warsaw Fell in the Bialystok Ghetto uprising at the last spot of resistance. Ghetto Bialystok 20.08.1943 TENENBOJM-TAMAROF, Daniel MOSZKOWICZ She was a member of the Bialystok fighting group. 126
PERES Jakow M Stolpce 1923 Stolpce Stepped on a mine while cutting down telegraph poles; seriously wounded & died of injuries. The Brisk-Moscow Road 25.05.1944 SEGAL Among the first to leave the Ghetto; joined the Zhukov Brigade & afterwards the Sokhorokov Brigade; participated in clashes with Germans, battles, derailing trains, attacking trains, destroying fortified positions, tearing down telegraph poles & in freeing Jews. 126
FARFEL Siomka M Carpenter Nieswiez 1921 Nieswiez Killed when his group was caught in an ambush. In the area of Kleck Szolem CHOLAWSKI Active in the Nieswiez Ghetto underground; participated in the Ghetto uprising & left the next day for the Kapoli forest; among the first members of the Zhukov Brigade; partcipated in battles; wrote lyric poetry in Yiddish. 126
PEREPLOCZYK Nachum M Ya'akov Malka Mikaszewicze 1924 Fell in service with the Red Army. After liberation Escaped from the forced labor camp & accepted into the Golaeiv Brigade; participated in battles; after liberation inducted into the Red Army. 126
PEREC Abraham M Lomza 1920 During guard duty, left his post to warm up because of the extreme cold; sentenced to death. Near the Neiman River From the Nowogrodek Ghetto escaped to the Naliboki forests; joined the Kalinin Brigade; participated in ambushes & sabotage activities. 127
PEREC Misza M Sawzce Fell in battle. Wilcze-Nory forest 1943 Partisan in Company 51 of the Shachurs Brigade. 127
PERCOWICZ Icchak M Yosef Hertz Swierzen 1927 Swierzen Died of an illness. In the area of Maszuki in the Kleck region 01.1944 JOSLOWSKI Family, Hirszel POSSRASKI Active in the underground that was organized in the forced labor camp in the town; fled from the camp & joined the Zhukov Brigade; participated in battles; among the group concerned with supplying weapons to those who escaped from the Ghetto. 127
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CZAPKA M Participated in the Bialystok Ghetto uprising; fell in the bunker when the Germans discovered it. Bialystok Ghetto - 7 Kameila St. 16.08.1943 Member of the Jewish underground in the Bialystok Ghetto; participated in the Ghetto uprising. 127
CZARNE Mosze M Mir 1926 Mir Together with colleagues, came across Germans near their base; a battle broke out & he fell. Naliboki forest PINSKI Escaped from the Mir Ghetto before the mass killing; joined the Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade; assigned to the supply division. 127
CZARNE Cwi Hercl M Ya'akov Bracha Biala-Podlaska 1925 Caught in an ambush while on a supply gathering mission & killed. Near Dobniczi CZARNE Fled from Minsk & accepted into the Parkhomenko Brigade; returned to the Ghetto to organize youth to leave for forest; transferred to the Zorin camp & involved with obtaining provisions. 128
CZARNE Szyfra F Mir 1923 Mir She was in a partisan unit that was attacked by Russian partisans & she was killed. Her brother Mosze CZARNE, Oswald RUFEISEN (brother Daniel) She was a member of the Mir Ghetto underground; escaped from the Ghetto & joined the Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade in the Naliboke forest. 128
CUDIKOW Lejzer M Ya'akov 1916 Kovno Went with 6 other saboteurs on a mission; on the way back were attacked by Germans; all were killed. Zolowo 1944 Left the Ghetto; joined the Death to the Conquerors Brigade; participated in punishment missions against collaborators; attacks against Lithuanians; attacks on fortified positions; derailing trains; awarded distinguished service commendation by the Brigade. 128
CWIBIAK Mosze M Kuty Roty With colleagues was in the house of a Ukrainian farmer; were attacked by a mob; they retreated to the forest & were killed. In the area of the road to Stanislawow Szymon WYK Before the Ghetto was liquidated he fled with his colleagues to the forests; they got their weapons by ambushing German cars. 128
CWICHAK Chaim M 1921 Was killed by a mine he planted under a German train. 1943 Escaped from German incarceration; joined the Lenin Brigade in the Raduszkiewicze forests; served as a scout & saboteur. 129
CWAJBEL Jehoszua M Shlomo Grajewo 1900 Maniewicze Killed when tunnel they used for storage collapsed on him. Kurow forests 02.1944 Escaped from the Ghetto to the forest & joined the Kruk Brigade; appointed commanding officer of the family camp in the Kurow forest; responsible for the camp & supplies. 129
CWAJBEL Jeszajahu M Dov Fanya Kamien Koszyrski 1916 Kamien-Koszyrski Returned to base to get a mine to use; the mine exploded in his hands killing him. Near Maniewicze 1943 Active in the Ghetto underground; escaped with a group to the forest; succeeded in obtaining weapons for the group; took revenge on collaborators; joined the Kruk Brigade; participated in burning warehouses; excelled in battles; was a sapper and set mines for trains. 129
CWAJGOREN Ruwen M Kovno Caught by Gestapo & tortured to death. Kovno 1943 A member of the fighting group in the Ghetto; part of the group that was sent to the Augustova forests. 129
CZOCH Mosze M Vilna 1922 Vilna Killed by farmers while searching for unit to join. A member of the Ghetto underground; went to the Narocz forests; was in the Mast Brigade; when the Brigade was disbanded joined another unit. 129
CUKER M Married Physician Iwacewicze Refused to join retreating partisans without his wife & son; he was shot along with them. Wilcze-Nory Escaped with his wife & son to the forest & joined the Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade; was Brigade's doctor. 129
CUKER Berisz M Borszczow Fell with his colleagues in a battle with Germans. Losiacz forest 06.12.1943 Member of the town's underground & the Borszczow Gang. 130
CUKER Jehoszua M Married Nusya Borszczow Killed with his colleagues in a battle with a large German force. Losiacz forest 06.12.1943 Wolf ASZENDORF, his wife Nusia Among the active members of the Borszczow Gang; replaced Wolf Aszendorf as commander; attacked Germans on the roads; attacked grain warehouses; took revenge on collaborators; took control of a prison & freed the prisoners. 130
CUKER Nusia F Married Yehoshua Czortkow Fell with her husband in a battle with the Germans. Losiacz forest 06.12.1943 Her husband Jehoszua She was a member of the Borszczow Gang. 130
CUKROWICZ Mosze M Carpenter Dov Lifsha Lenin 1908 Lenin Fell in battle. Bielo Ozra Escaped from the forced labor camp & joined the Bielo Ozra Russian Brigade. 130
CUKIERMAN M Poland Poland Killed by Russian partisans who after falsely accusing him tried to take his weapon. Naliboki forests Came from Poland to the Soviet occupation zone; with the German invasion escaped to the Naliboki forest; joined the Soviet Belorussia Brigade. 130
CUKIERMAN Abraham M Baruch Devorah Horodok 1908 Horodok Killed by a drunken Russian partisan. Wolozyn forests Fled from the Ghetto; hid with a farmer & later got to the Wolozyn forest & joined the Kuznetzov Brigade; participated in attacks on fortified positions, ambushes & battles. 130
CZORNE Mordechaj Muma M Nowogrodek Nowogrodek Killed when retreating from an attack when the unit entered an open area. In the area of Naliboki Meior Pinchas SLONIM Organized a group of young people who left the Ghetto for the forest; they joined the Stalin Battalion; they operated as a Jewish unit in its framework. 131
CZORNY Grisza M Minsk 1925 Minsk Killed by Polish partisans while on a supply mission. Dubniki 1943 Escaped to the Naliboki forest; lived in the Zorin family camp; involved in obtaining supplies. 131
CEJTLIN Liowa M Baranowicze Killed by partisans. Escaped from the Ghetto; at first was in the Pogatchov Brigade; afterwards left with his colleagues & embarked on independent actions. 131
CIMET M Physician Lvov Executed when captured after being betrayed. CZERMAK An organizer of the underground in the Janowska Concentration Camp; took Jews out to the forests. 131
CIMER Baruch M Bakery worker Shimon Sara Kazian 1921 Kazian Was on a spying mission when caught in an ambush; killed in ensuing battle. In the area of Miory Dawid PINCZOW, Mordechaj LEDERMAN Escaped to the forest before the Ghetto was established; with his colleagues joined the Spartak group that later became a Brigade; company commander & participated in attacks on armed positions; derailing trains; dynamiting bridges; took Latvians captive; transferred to the Kaganovich Brigade & organized taking young people out of the Ghetto; took revenge on collaborators & murderers of Jews. 131
CYMERMAN Ajzik M Killed in battle with those on a German convoy. The Molodeczno-Wilejka road Escaped with other young people from the Ilja Ghetto; was not accepted into the ranks of partisans as he did not have a weapon. 132
CINKIN Josef M Mir 1910 Mir Shot by partisans from another brigade when returning from a supply mission. Escaped from the Mir Ghetto to the area forests; joined the Zha Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade; participated in the campaigns of the Brigade.. 132
CIPIN Icchak M Butcher Piask 1910 Piask Murdered in an ambush by White Poles. Piask 08.1944 Escaped with other young people to the area forests; acquired weapons & took revenge on collaborators; they were attacked by Germans; many of his colleagues were killed; he & another 2 survived; joined the Bourba Brigade; participated in battles & provision gathering activities; appointed head of the Piask Soviet; his personal name was most likely Moshe/Mosze. 132
CIPIN Nisan M Piask 1916 Piask Fell in service with the Red Army. In the area of Bialystok 08.1944 A partisan in the Poveida Brigade in the Ruda Dobrowszczyna forests; after liberation inducted into the Red Army. 132
CIPLEWICZ Abraham M Married Died from typhus & asthma. Stara Huta BIELSKI Escaped from the Lida Ghetto to the forest & joined the Kalinin Brigade. 132
CIPLEWICZ F Married Avraham She was killed in a German attack on the Brigade's base. Her husband Abraham; BIELSKI Escaped with her husband from the Lida Ghetto to the forest & joined the Kalinin Brigade. 132
CIPLEWICZ Zalmen Ber M Yitzhak Mordecai Chaya Sara Luzhki 1924 Luzhki On returning from a mission with his colleagues, attacked by the Germans; killed while coverning his colleagues retreat. In the area of Lozhka & Gakhmanowicz 1943 His brother Lejb; his cousin Chaim Escaped with his brother from the Glebokie Ghetto to the forest; took revenge on collaborators; joined a Unit in the Vitrov Brigade. 133
CIPLEWICZ Lejb M Law student; merchant Yitzhak Mordecai Chaya Sara Luzhki 1910 Luzhki Passed ammunition to the machine gunner during an ambush; after the machine gunner was disabled, continued firing & was killed. The Miory-Dwisna road 1943 His brother Zalmen Ber; his cousin Chaim Organized a group of young people to flee from the Glebokie Ghetto; escaped from Ghetto to forest; the group attacked collaborators; joined the Vitrov Brigade; took a large weapons cache from a forest watchman; transferred to the Belorussian Brigade; served as a scout; concerned himself with families & obtaining supplies for them. 133
CIPERSZTEJN Pesach M Metal worker Yitzhak Nechama Baranowicze 1928 Holon, Israel After Aliyah to Israel, fought in War of Independence & wounded in an attack. In attack on the Iraq Soidan police station 20.10.1948 Partisan; after the war, an illegal immigrant to Eretz Yisrael; joined the IDF & fought in battles in the south. 133
CIKLIK Elijahu M Carpenter Yishaya Riva Lenin 1885 Lenin Killed by the commander of the partisans after he insisted in joining retreating partisans. In the area of Lenin Saved at the last minute from the mass killing in his town; fled with partisans that attacked a fortified position in Lenin; joined the Ivanov Brigade. 133
CIKLIK Gedalia M Ya'akov Rachel Lenin 1924 Lenin Fell in service with the Red Army. After liberation His brothers Baruch & Dawid Escaped from the forced labor camp in Hancewicze; got to the forests in eastern Polesie & joined the Golaeiv Brigade; participated in a battle near Panicz. 134
CIKLIK Jeszaja M Carpenter Eliyahu Chaya Lenin Lenin Fell in a sabotage mission. Escaped from the forced labor camp in Hancewicze; joined the Komorov Brigade. 134
CIRULNIK Eliezer M Carpenter Moshe Yitzhak Pesha Rozka Ivye 1920 Ivye Returning with his colleagues from a mining mission, they were betrayed & attacked by Germans; he was killed. In the area of Juraciszki 02.1943 With colleagues breached the Ghetto wall & got to the Morin forest; when he was found out, escaped to the Naliboki forest & joined the Alexander Nevsky Brigade. 134
CIRULNIK Cwi Hercl M Wiazyn 1913 Executed as punishment for falling asleep on guard duty. The Plashnicz forests Escaped from the Ghetto to the Plashnicz forests & joined the Bourba Brigade. 134
CYRINSKI Tuwje M Baranowicze 1911 Baranowicze Killed in battle that ensued when trying to capture a Belorussian policeman. Smuggled Jews from the forced labor camp to the forest; escaped to the forest & was among those who set up an independent unit with no connection to Russian fighters. 134
CYRINSKI Mosze M Lachowicze Lachowicze After the second mass killing, the Jews were gathered in the marketplace; he fired his pistol & was killed by German gunfire. Lachowicze Ghetto 07.1942 PEKER Among the leaders of the Lachowicze Ghetto underground. 134
CELNIKER Pinchas Pavel M Bialystok Fell in the hands of the Germans after a chase in the forests; tortured to death. In the area of the Sofrasal forest 02.01.1944 Szepsl BOROWIK A member of the Bialystok Ghetto underground; went to the area forests; joined the Vafeirod Brigade; served as a machine gunner. 135
CESLIAK Rachel F Briansk 1925 Briansk She was in a bunker that was attacked by the Germans because of an informer; she was shot & killed. Briansk forests Bucia RUBINSZTEJN She was a partisan in a Jewish unit that operated in the forests of Briansk. 135
CZEPLONSKI Szmuel M Cheikel Rivkah Olshan 1915 Fell in the hands of the Germans after his partisan liason betrayed him. In the area of Koszydor 02.1944 Was taken to a forced labor camp but through his connections with the Free Lithuania Brigade, escaped; his main concern was to free Jews. 135
CZEKINSKI Jerechmiel M Czajkin 1915 Was falsely accused of hitting his commander & executed. Kazian forests Escaped at the time of the mass killing of the Jews & got to the Kazian forests; joined a reconnaissance unit of a partisan organization; participated in mining railroad tracks; burning a milk station; cutting down telephone poles; excelled as a scout & saboteur. 135
CZERMAK M Captured while on a mission & executed. Dr. TZIMT Organized the escape of Jews from the Janowska Concentration Camp in the Lwow forest. 135
CZERNICHOWSKI M Nowogrodek Killed by his fellow partisans when he refused to give up his weapon. In the area of Nowogrodek 1943 Escaped with Jewish prisoners via a tunnel that they secretly dug. 136
CZERNICKI Szymon M Dereczyn Fell in a battle with Lithuanians & Germans who attacked the partisan base. Ruda Dobrowszczyna forest 08.1942 Dr. ATLAS Escaped to the forests & joined the unit of Dr. Atlas in the Poveida Brigade. 136
CZERPAK Mordechaj M Zofjowka Zofjowka Together with his unit attempted to break through a German seige & get to Galicia; fell in the battle. Forests in Carpathian Mountains in Eastern Galicia His sister Chajka; Gad ROZENBLAT; Chaim WETCHIN Survived all the mass killings in his town; fled to the surrounding forests; accepted into the Kovpak Division; attached to the Jewish unit. 136
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KAWALEK Jakow M Killed in battle. Partisan in the Borszczow Gang & afterwards joined the Kovpak Division. 136
KAGAN Bela F Mir 1915 Mir She was shot by police who infiltrated the forest. In the vicinity of Mir Chaim LIS Fled the from the Ghetto with a group of young people to the forest; they established their own independent unit. 136
KAGANOWICZ Natan M Horodok 1925 Fell in battle with police. 03.1943 Fought in the Tchakalow Brigade; alternate date of his death, 1944. 136
KADASZIC Abraham M Rubiezewicze 1922 Shortly before liberation transferred to a sabotage unit of Russian marines; all traces of him were lost. 04.1944 Escaped from the saw-mill in Swierzen; got to the Kapoli forests & joined the Zhukov Brigade; excelled as a swimmer; succeeded in retreiving a machine gun from the depths of a lake; wounded by a mine explosion but recovered & returned to action. 136
KAWA Josef Joshka M Wohyn in the Radzin district 1897 Lodz Fell in battle with the Germans. Duborjsk 02.01.1944 Julik JAKUBOWICZ Escaped to Bialystok with the German invasion; involved in organizing the underground & securing weapons; participaed in the Ghetto uprising & sent to Treblinka but managed to jump from the train; got to the forest & joined the Vafeirod Brigade. 137
KAWA Jakow M Brisk d'Lita (Brest Litovsk) 1920 Kovno Killed in a bombardment while in the ranks of the Red Army. 1944 Lejzik CUDIKOW; BIELSKI; ZORIN Among the first members of the Kovno Ghetto underground; went to the Rudniki forest & joined the Death to the Conquerors Brigade; got to the Naliboki forest & joined a Jewish Brigade; took part in dynamiting railroad tracks; after liberation served as a translator in the Third Belorussian front unit. 137
KAUFMAN Aszer M Pohost-Zahorodski 1925 Pohost-Zahorodski Was on a scouting mission after the Germans retreated but before the arrival of the Red Army; murdered by Ukrainians. Leisk 1943 Sent to the forced labor camp in Hatnatzwicz; escaped & joined the Shachurs Brigade; excelled in attack on fortified position in his home town. 137
KAUFMAN Lejb M Near Pinsk 1927 Serniki Fell when his unit was hunting Ukrainian gangs. In the Szack area 05.1944 Escaped from the Ghetto & joined the Molotov Brigade; demonstrated great bravery; participated in the scouting unit & brought information on Germans & Ukrainian gangs; involved in dynamiting trains. 137
KATJA F Kiev 1922 Vilna She was injured in a mistaken battle with a Jewish partisan unit; she attempted to ford a river & drowned. Liebka GIDWIDKA She left the Vilna Ghetto for the Rudniki forests & joined the Mastital Brigade. 138
KAJDANOW Szymon M Krzywicze 1912 Fell in a partisan assault on a German ambush. In the area of Wiazyn 02.1944 Escaped the Kurzeniec Ghetto for the forest & joined the Kotovski Brigade; took a German major captive; carried out spying missions; helped Jews escape from the Ghettos. 138
KALBSZTEJN Zisl M Zdzieciol 1909 Zdzieciol Fell in service with the Red Army. In the area of Bialystok 19.08.1944 Escaped to the Lipczanska forests; joined the unit of Hirshel (Cwi) Kaplinski & afterwards the Bourba & in the end the Lenin Brigades; participated in battles & sabotage operations; after liberation, inducted into the Red Army. 138
KALICHOWSKI Zeev M Farmer Shlomo Pol Jakowlewo near Drogichin Killed with his commander & fellow fighters by partisans of the Dzhenkovski Brigade. 1943 Avraham MAZURSKI; Jakow LABINOWICZ; Mosze TENEBOJM Escaped to the Piotrowicze forests from the Piotrowicze forced labor camp; member of the staff of the Jewish unit. 138
KAMINSKI Chawa F Glebokie She was caught by the Germans while carring out a sabotage mission; tortured & publicly hanged. In the area of Dokszyce She escaped from the Ghetto to the forest & joined the Oktiover Brigade; excelled in scouting, spying & sabotage. 138
KAMENECKI Aron M Grain appraiser Zev Batya 1910 Killed with his cousin in a surprise German attack. Near Perekop 03.09.1943 His cousin Mordechaj KAMENECKI When the survivors of the Szczuczyn Ghetto were taken to Lida, escaped to the forest; stayed near the village Perekop. 138
KAMENECKI Mordechaj M Accountant Ya'akov Rachel Szczuczyn 1919 Szczuczyn Killed with his cousin in a surprise German attack. Near Perekop 03.09.1943 His cousin Aron KAMENECKI When the survivors of the Szczuczyn Ghetto were taken to Lida, escaped to the forest; stayed near the village Perekop. 139
KANDELSZTAJN M Bydgoszcz Executed by his commander on the false charge of sleeping on guard duty. 03.1943 Partisans from the Shachurs Brigade found him frozen in the forest; accepted into Company 51 & after it disbanded into Group 56. 139
KANONICZ Jehoszua M Avraham Maniewicze 1923 Maniewicze While in hospital was murdered by a unit of the Krajowa Army because he was a Jew. Lublin After liberation Was in the group of young people in his town that tried to obtain weapons; fled to the forest; joined the unit that founded the Kruk Brigade; was in the sabotage section of the Brigade; participated in blowing up of trains; burning bridges; dynamiting cars & damaging services; presented to receive the citation War of the Homeland, Grade 2. 139
KANTOR Eliezer M Zalocki 1924 Was holding a defective mine that exploded & caused his death. 16.08.1943 After the liquidation of the Rafalovka Ghetto, fled to the forest & joined the Bugono Brigade; served in the sabotage unit & participated in dynamiting trains. 139
KANTOROWICZ Dawid M Molczadz Was in the Ghetto to take out weapons & young people to the forest & was killed by the Germans. Zdzieciol 06.08.1942 Fled from the Zdzieciol Ghetto to the Bourki & Rohatyn forests; took revenge on those who handed over Jews. 139
KANTOROWICZ Chaim M Nowogrodek Was in the Ghetto to take out weapons & young people to the forest & was killed by the Germans. Zdzieciol 16.08.1942 Shabtai ALENBERG, Jechiel JOSELEWICZ, FRANKEL Fled from the Zdzieciol Ghetto to the Bourki & Rohatyn forests; took revenge on those who handed over Jews. 139
KANTOROWICZ Szlomo M Nowogrodek 1923 Nowogrodek Killed in battle. Hirshel (Cwi) KAPLINSKI Escaped from the Ghetto to the Lipczanska forest & joined the Kaplinski Company & afterwards the Bourba Brigade. 140
KAPLAN M Printer Minsk Caught with his colleagues by the Gestapo & executed. Near Madvazhna A member of the Ghetto underground; involved in printing sheets with news & the newspaper of the underground; attempted to escape to the Naliboki forest but was caught. 140
KAPLAN Abraham Abrasha M Minsk 1927 Minsk Attempted to capture German whose unit was destroyed; the German shot & killed him. Escaped with his friends to the forest & joined the Bodiani Brigade; active in the sabotage unit of the Brigade; participated in capturing Germans; blowing up cars & railroad tracks; also participated in scouting missions & bringing information. 140
KAPLAN Abraham M Minsk 1928 Minsk Wounded in his stomach in a battle with the German military guards; brought to the camp where he died. Fled from the Minsk Ghetto to the Zorin family camp. 140
KAPLAN Borys M Fell dynamiting a metal bridge & burning a train. The Minkowitz-Mikaszewicze road 10.1942 A partisan in the unit that operated in the area of Lenin. 140
KAPLAN Gedalia M Married Merchant Abba Starubin Lenin Fell in a German pursuit. 1944 Escaped from the Hancewicze forced labor camp & joined the Pakosh Brigade. 140
KAPLAN Grisza Surwaneitz M Minsk Attempted to escape from the Ghetto through the barbed wire fence; caught & shot. Minsk Cyla, Katia Helped the Ghetto underground in smuggling weapons to their storage places; took utensils from the metal workshops, hiding parts of weapons in them; was 11 years old. 140
KAPLAN Gerszon M Vilna 1919 Vilna Sent to Vilna on a special mission & never returned. Vilna Got the the Narocz-Kazhian forests & joined the Jurgis Brigade. 141
KAPLAN Wolf M Yosef Sara Woronow 1925 Got lost together with his brother & a colleague during a retreat; accused of desertion & executed. 29.08.1944 His brothers Lejb KAPLAN, Abraham KAPLAN, Meir LEWIN On the day of the mass killing, he broke out of the German seige & fled to the forest with his brother; after wandering about they joined a group of fighters & started the Major Grozhni Brigade; participated in dynamiting a water tower, sawmill, ambushes, blowing up bridges, acquiring suppllies; along with his brother joined the Parkonas Brigade. 141
KAPLAN Jakow M Ostrog Fell in a German attack on his unit. Pivnya-Gura 1943 Partisan in the forests in the area of his town; there is a photograph.. 141
KAPLAN Jakow M Teacher Vilna 1913 Vilna In a battle with Germans, the ammunition ran out; arrested & hanged in front of other Jews. Vilna 1943 Itzik WITENBERG, Attorney Avraham CHAVOINIK, Asia BIG The representative of the communist party in the PPA; fled through the tunnel they dug; hoped to get to the partisans but was blocked by the Germans. 141
KAPLAN Lejb M Soleczniki 1921 Commanded a unit that was charged with eliminating Germans; was wounded & killed. 08.1943 His brother Hercl KAPLAN Was in the Worono & Lida Ghettos; fled to the Naliboki forest & joined the Kalinin Brigade; later joined the Alexander Nevsky Brigade; participated in blowing up trains & battles against military garrisons; after liberation officer involved in clearing the home front [of enemies]; candidate to receive the Red Star & War of the Homeland, Grade A citations. 141
KAPLAN Lejb M Merchant Yosef Sara Woronow 1914 Woronow After liberation worked in the Soviet police; murdered by White Poles. In the area of Ejszyszki 1944 His brothers Wolf KAPLAN, Abraham KAPLAN Escaped with his brother from the Ghetto; after lenghty wandering joined the Major Grozhni Brigade; served as a guide finding locations of German weakness; excelled in attack tactics; participated in the battle to liberate Vilna; after liberation received the citiation of War of the Homeland, Grade A. 142
KAPLAN Mordechai M Radun 1925 Radun On his way to a mission, went in boat that was meant for only one person; drowned. In the area of Jeziory, Hakatra River 05.04.1943 Fled from the Lida Ghetto; got to the Nacza forests & joined the Kotovski Brigade; participated in battles; dismantling weapons of police & in acts of revenge. 142
KAPLAN Misza M Fell in battle serving as a machine gunner. Izov forest 25.09.1943 Partisan in the Kadima Brigade in the Bialystok area. 142
KAPLANSKI Spitz M Fell in a clash with Germans. Near Kashmeina 01.1944 Partisan in the Parois Brigade in the Bialystok forests; there is a photograph. 142
KAPLINSKI Jechezkiel M Baranowicze 1915 Baranowicze Fell in service with the Red Army. Outskirts of Lapy 1944 Member of the underground in his city; fled to the Baranowicze forests; served in the Tchigonkov, Orlovski & Lazu Brigades; wounded in one of the battles but survived & rescued other wounded fighters; after liberation inducted into the Red Army. 142
KAPLINSKI Natan F Graduated faculty of liberal arts Zdzieciol 1913 Zdzieciol After recovering from typhus, was left in the forest; caught by Vlasov group & put on fire. Zdzieciol 06.1944 She escaped from the town to a nearby village; she supplied important information to the Lenin Brigade on military positions of the Germans & White Poles; escaped to the forest & joined the Bourba Brigade & later the Krasnogvariski Brigade; was a nurse in isolation areas for those with typhus until she came down with the same disease. 143
KAPLINSKI Cwi Hercl M Married Librarian; accountant Zdzieciol 1910 Zdzieciol Commanded a unit attacked by Germans; seriously wounded; Russian fighters shot him. Ruda Jaworska-Kozlowszczyzna road 10.12.1942 Josef BITNESKI Succeeded in escaping to the Lipczanska forests; was the head of the Jewish unit of the Bourba Brigade; highly thought of as officer; concerned with obtaining weapons; his unit carried out many missions; revenge on farmers who turned over Jews [to the enemy]; fighting German garrisions; sabotaging bridges & telephone poles; there is a photograph. 143
KAC Efraim M Bialystok Fell in a sabotage mission. Near Kashmeina 01.1944 Left the Ghetto & joined the Jewish Kadima Brigade. 144
KACOWICZ Chaim M Shalom Leah Budslaw 1929 Budslaw He came to the Ghetto on the day it was liquidated & he perished with all of them. Budslaw 1943 His father Szalom KACOWICZ, his brother Israel KACOWICZ Escaped from the Ghetto & got to the Zhlazniak Division; carried out assignments of communication & spying; returned to the Ghetto a number of times to take out young people to the forest. 144
KACOWICZ Israel M Shalom Leah Budslaw 1928 Budslaw He came to the Ghetto on the day it was liquidated & he perished with all of them. Budslaw 1943 His father Szalom KACOWICZ, his brother Chaim KACOWICZ Escaped from the Ghetto & got to the Zhlazniak Division; carried out assignments of communication & spying; returned to the Ghetto a number of times. 144
KACOWICZ Miszka Bosiakov M Lapicze Killed with his colleagues in an attack on a fortified military position. Naliboki Mosze PAZDUNSKI, Attorney Alter DWORECKI Officer in the Red Army; his unit was surrounded; he escaped & hid among the Jews of Zdzieciol; escaped to the Lipczanska forest & later to the Naliboki forests & joined the Stalin Brigade; his personal name was most likely Israel. 144
KACOWICZ Szalom M Budslaw 1909 Budslaw Killed in the attempt of his unit to break out of a German seige. Area of Bigomil 1944 His sons Chaim KACOWICZ & Israel KACOWICZ After the [German] conquest fled to the forests; joined the Zhlazniak Division. 144
KACZERGINSKI Szmarjahu Shmerka M Lithographer, poet, literary editor Wolf Alta Vilna 1908 Vilna Killed in an airplane crash while an emissary for the JNF in Buenos Aires. Mandosa, Argentina 23.04.1954 SUCKEWER A valued poet; among a group that organized poets; involved in literary & newspaper editing; a member of the Vilna underground; smuggled weapon parts into the Ghetto; left the Ghetto & joined the Voroshilov Brigade; he was attached to the unit of craftsmen of the Brigade; after liberation was the head of the Jewish Museum of Vilna; moved to Paris & was a member of the organization of Yiddish writers; moved to Argentina; there is a photograph. 144
KARASZ Oszer M Married Dombrovitza 1908 Dombrovitza Killed in an ambush by a Ukrainian gang. 06.1943 Escaped with his wife & children to the forests of Polesie; joined the Tchapaeiv Brigade; active in the scouting and spying units; candidate to receive the Zha Otvago commendation. 145
KAROLICKI L. M Baranowicze 1923 Baranowicze Fell in a battle against a unit of Belorussian police. Ulsay 1942 Escaped from the Ghetto to the surrounding forests; joined the Brigade of Captain Czorny; participated in sabotage on roads & in ambushes. 146
KARULCZYK M Bialystok Fell with his colleagues against partisans who thought they were Germans. Jehudit NOWOGRODZKA Escasped from the Ghetto to the forests; among the fighters in the group of Jehudit Nowogrodzka. 146
KARLIN Etl F Kovno She died in an attempt to escape from a forced labor camp; she was tortured & shot. Keidan The sisters Szajne & Brajne BLUSZTEJN, Sonia LEVI She was a member of the Kovno Ghetto underground; sent to the forced labor camp in Kedainiai & was a member of its underground. 146
KARPOWSKI Hirsz M Slonim 1927 Slonim Fell in service with the Red Army. Germany 1945 Dr. ATLAS Employed by the Germans in a weapons depot; smuggled parts of weapons to the Ghetto underground; fled to the Ruda Dobrowszczyna forests & joined the unit of Dr. Atlas; participated in supply missions; mining railroad tracks; excelled in battles & was a candidate to receive the Red Star commendation. 146
KARPOWSKI Israel M Slonim 1925 Slonim After liberation fell in an attack by nationalist gangs. Maniow forests 1945 Dr. ATLAS Escaped from the first selection at the time of the Ghetto mass killing; attacked a gendarme, stole his weapon in the 2nd selection & escaped to the forest; joined the unit of Dr. Atlas in the Poveida Brigade; participated in attacks; dynamiting trains & sabotage operations; concerned himself with needs of family camp. 146
KARECKI Misza M Kovno Murdered by his colleagues after complaining to their commander about anti-Semitism. With the German invasion, escaped to Russia; passed course for training partisans; parachuted into Lithuania; among fighter of the Death to the Conquerors Brigade om the Rudniki forests; participated in sabotage & battles. 146
KASZKET M Married Physician Luck Two versions: (1) killed in battle; (2) murdered by Ukrainians. ìôðé äùçøåø Served as a doctor in the Susnaka Bandrovtzi Brigade. 147
KABAK Josef M Yehuda Roza Ivye 1925 Grodno On returning from a weapons gathering mission, stayed in a house that was attacked by Ukrainians; captured, tortured & executed. Near Tishkovicz 05.03.1943 Chaim MINC, Pesach BIELAWSKI Fled to the forest with a group of young people; at first joined the Stalin Brigade & afterwards joined the Alexander Nevsky Brigade. 147
KWARC M Bialystok Killed in the Bialystok Ghetto uprising. Bialystok, Khmeilna St. 17 Member of the Jewish fighters group in the Bialystok Ghetto. 147
KOWALSKI Jehuda M Student in Teachers' College Ivenets 1923 Iwieniec Betrayed by an acquaintence, a farmer that led to an attack on the house where he was; killed in the subsequent battle. Nowogrodek 03.1943 BIELSKI Fled from Iwieniec & joined the Bielski camp in the Naliboki forest. 147
KOWARSKI Sonia F Pharmacist assistant Kobylnik Kobylnik She was shot by accident by colleagues during battle. Her father Fled with her father to the Narocz forests & joined the Czarkosov Brigade; served as a nurse. 147
KOWARSKI Fira F Physician Slonim Committed suicide - shot herself. Near Miromin 18.08.1942 Fled from the Ghetto to the Wilcze-Nory forests; joined Unit 51 of the Shachurs Brigade. 148
KUBINSKI Elijahu M Molczadz Fell in attempt to break out of Ghetto seige on the day it was liquidated. Molczadz LUBOCKI Among the organizers of the resistance in his town. 148
KOWENSKI Zelig M Leather worker Zdzieciol 1906 Zdzieciol Fell in service with the Red Army. Near Janow, not far from Bialystok 24.07.1946 Hirsh KAPLINSKY Escaped from the 2nd mass killing in Zdzieciol to the Lipczanska forests; at first was in the Jewish unit of Kaplinski & later in the Bourba Brigade; participated in battles; sabotage missions; ambushes; revenge attacks; helped in obtaining supplies for partisans & the family camps; after liberation inducted into the Red Army. 148
KOWNER Michael M Vilna 1923 Vilna Fell in large German search. Narocz forests, Kazan 08.10.1943 His brother, Aba KOWNER, Danka LUBOCKI, Tolka ZHAVINSKA, Josef GLAZMAN Active in the Vilna underground organization; obtained weapons for the underground; got to the Narocz forestss & joined the Nekama (Revenge) Brigade. 148
KOZUCHOWSKI M Nowogrodek Murdered by partisans when he refused to turn his weapon over to them. Nowogrodek 1943 Escaped with other Jewish prisoners via the tunnel that they dug. 148
KOZUSZNIK Mosze M Accountant Pohost-Zahorodski 1922 Murdered by one of the Bandera followers. Area of Pinsk 20.10.1944 Sent to a forced labor camp; escaped to the Bogdanovka forests; joined the Mitia Brigade & later the Kaganovich Brigade; participated burning down a sawmill & tar factory as well as ambushes; joined the Shachurs Brigade & under its directions participated in dynamiting trains; attacking armed positions & in ambushes; after liberation appointed commander of a police station. 148
KOZIENIEC Zelig M Kurzeniec 1924 Fell in an attempt to evade the Germans. Narocz forests Escaped to the forest & joined the Mast Brigade in the Narocz forests; excelled as a saboteur & was responsible for sabotaging railroad tracks. 149
KOZINIEC Josef M Kurzeniec 1918 Fell in an attempt to break out of the German seige. Narocz forests, near the Miadziol Lake 1943 Escaped from the Ghetto to the Narocz forests & joined the Nekama (Revenge) Jewish Brigade & afterwards a Russian brigade; excelled in acts of sabotage. 149
KOZLOWICZ Ruwen M Malczyce Fell in his attempt to break out of the German seige of the Ghetto. Molczadz Ghetto Among organizers of Molczadz Ghetto uprising. 149
KOZLOWSKI Fima M Reuven Gita Traby 1925 Oshmyany Two versions: (1) killed in battle against White Poles; (2) killed in a battle against an armed garrison. Two versions: (1) Lask surroundings; (2) Lugomowicze Taken with his mother & sister to the Ivye Ghetto; escaped to the Naliboki forests; joined the Vafeirod Brigade; in the unit that sabotaged lines of transportation. 149
KOTLIAR Szmuel M Farmer Reuven Rishka Jakowlewo 1901 Dzhenkovski Killed with his colleagues by partisans of the Dzhenkovski Brigade. 1943 Sent to the Piotrowicze forced labor camp; escaped to the Piotrowicze forests. 149
KOTLER Fajwel M Nisan Feiga Mir 1926 Mir Fell in service with the Red Army. After liberation Escaped from the Mir Ghetto & joined the Zha Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade in the Wolozyn forests; excelled as a saboteur; after liberation inducted into the Red Army. 149
KOTLER Pesach M Mir 1924 Mir Attacked by police & killed. Was in the Ghetto underground; fled to the forests; would not abandon women & children & so was not admitted into the Russian partisan unit; obtained weapons. 149
KUCZER Arje Sokhoi M Newspaper journalist Warsaw Got lost in the forest; found refuge in an abandoned bunker but was discovered by Germans, shot & killed. Klopoczin forests Among the founders of the underground organization of young people in Zofjowka & Ignatowka; went with a group to the Klopoczin forests; made connection with farmers. 150
KOJFMAN Arje M Pesach Serniki 1929 Serniki Fell in a battle in the German rear. Brisk After liberation Escaped from the Serniki Ghetto & joined the Molotov Brigade; involved in scouting and spying activities; participated in battles & ambushes; after liberation volunteered to operate behind German lines; candidate to receive the commendation of Partisan of the Homeland War, Grade A. 150
KOJFMAN Oszer M Pohost Zahorodski, Polsie 1925 Caught by a Ukrainian gang & tortured to death. Laisk 1943 Taken to the Hancewicze forced labor camp; escaped & joined the Shachurs Brigade; participated in & exelled in attacks. 150
KOJFMAN Pesach M Tailor Wiczowka Wiczowka Killed in an attack by Ukrainian nationalists. Wiczowka 05.1943 Escaped from the Serniki Ghetto to farmers houses in the area & afterwards joined the Voroshilov Brigade; participated in several battles. 150
KOJFMAN Ruwen M Electrician Bialystok 1919 Bialystok On the day of the Ghetto uprising assaulted Germans & was killed. Bialystok Active member of the Bialystok Ghetto underground; carried out sabotage in his airport workplace. 150
KOCH Iser M Mir 1924 Mir Chased after a German officer & the German shot & killed him. In the area of Molodeczno 04.1943 A member of the Ghetto underground; escaped & joined the Kirov Brigade in the Naliboki forests; served as a saboteur; participated in dynamiting trains; aided in securing supplies for the family camp; there is a photograph. 150
KOCHAREWSKI M Bialystok 1925 Bialystok Fell in the Ghetto uprising. Bialystok, Khmeilna St. 17 19.08.1943 His brother Sasza KOCHAREWSKI Participated in the Bialystok Ghetto uprising. 151
KOCHAREWSKI Sasza M Bialystok Fell when the hand grenade he activated exploded in his hand. Bialystok His brother, Jehudit NOWOGRUDZKA, Sioma GOLDBERG A member of the command staff of the fighting organization in the Ghetto; gave workshops; involved in repair of weapons & producing hand grenades & explosive materials. 151
KOLJA M Married Krynki Fell in a bunker during Ghetto uprising. Bialystok, Khmeilna St. 17 19.08.1943 His wife Participated in the Bialystok Ghetto uprising. 151
KOLJA F Married Krynki She fell in a bunker during Ghetto uprising. Bialystok, Khmeilna St. 17 19.08.1943 Her husband She participated in the Bialystok Ghetto uprising. 151
KOCHAREWSKI Sasza M Lakhwa Fell in Ghetto battle. Lakhwa A Ghetto policeman. 151
KOLKA Mudrij Hechacham M Soviet Union Fell in battle. Near Kodra Escaped with Red Army soldiers from a seige; set up the 3rd company in the Kovpak Division; witty & intelligent; excellent & highly thought of machine gunner; 20+ years old. 151
KON Chaim M Zdunska Wola Fell in battle against Germans. Izov forests 29.08.1943 Partisan in the Kadima Brigade in the Bialystok area. 151
KON Mundek M Fell in a German seige against partisans. Wilcze-Nory forests Partisan in Unit 51 of the Shachurs Brigade. 151
KONOPKO Mosze M Married Lida 1922 Lida Fell in service with the Red Army. In the area of Bialystok 08.1944 Went to the Lipczanska forests & joined the Voroshilov Brigade; after liberation, inducted into the Red Army. 151
KONIUCHOWSKI Beniamin M Mordecai Ita Ejszyszki Ejszyszki Injured by mine planted in telephone pole he was cutting down. Lida-Vilna Road 06.1944 On the day of the mass killing fled from his town to the Nacza forests & from there to the Rudniki forests; joined the Bourba Brigade. 151
KUNICA Riwka F Slonim Stabbed to death by a Russian partisan who falsely accused him. Wilcze-Nory forests 24.03.1943 She fled from the Ghetto to the Wilcze-Nory forests; joined Unit 51 of the Shachurs Brigade. 152
KUNICKI M Vilna Fell in battle. Sent from the government in Moscow to organize a Lithuanian partisan brigade in the area of Vilna. 152
KOS Nachum M Warsaw 1922 Vilna Was sent out of the Vilna Ghetto on a mission; caught by Germans & shot. Active in the Ghetto underground organization; excelled in stealing weapons. 152
KOSOWSKI Michal M Barber Slonim Fell in service with the Red Army. 1945 Partisan in Unit 51 of the Shachurs Brigade. 152
KOSTIN Jerachmiel M Bialystok 1910 Bialystok Fell on the day the Bialystok Ghetto uprising broke out. Bialystok 16.08.1943 Member of the command staff of the fighters organization in the Bialystok Ghetto. 152
KOSIK Aron M Nevel 1914 Wounded in battle; caught by Ukrainians who tortured & killed him. Almana Fled to the forests from the Pinsk Ghetto & joined the Koteizov Brigade. 152
KOSMAI Jekusiel M Yisrael Turzec 1925 Turzec On returning from a battle with other fighters caught in an ambush & killed. In the area of Budy 01.1944 Hirsh POSESORSKI After his family was murdered, sent to a forced labor camp from which he escaped; joined the Zhukov Brigade; involved in obtaining supplies; attacks on police; intelligence operations; added to the unit set up by the Lazu Brigade. 152
KUPANSKA Kejla F Rakow in the area of Minsk 1914 Killed by White Poles on his way to a sabotage mission. 07.1943 She got to the Lida Ghetto & from there fled to the Narocz forests; joined the Porkonus Brigade; at her request assigned to the Kalinin Brigade; had a part in battle actions. 152
KOPILANSKI Israel M Kovno Jumped from a train to Berlin; he provided cover for his colleagues fleeing from the train; was shot & killed. A member of the Kovno fighting organization; taken with remnants of Ghetto to Kovno; with colleagues escaped from train through an openening they made. 153
KOPILOWICZ Bejnisz M Fell in battle. 1943 Partisan in the Mastital Brigade in Naliboki forests; participated in actions against collaborators. 153
KOPILOWICZ Jehuda Judel M Stolpce Fell when his group attacked a German convoy. The Molodeczno-Wilejka road Fled with a group of young people from the Ghetto; the group established itself as a Jewish partisan brigade. 153
KOPILOWICZ Mome Antek M Baranowicze 1920 Baranowicze There are 2 versions: (1) killed in battle against Germans; (2) killed when returning wagons to farmers. Zalisie ZARICKIEWICZ, Mosze ZELMANOWICZ, Avraham LIDOWSKI, LINSKI Member of the committee of the Ghetto underground; after the 2nd mass killing escaped with a group of young people to the Hancewicze forests & accepted into the partisan brigade of Captain Czorny. 153
KOPILOWICZ Menasze M Dokszyce 1922 Fell in the attempt to break the German seige. 05.1944 Fled from the Glebokie Ghetto & joined the Narodny Mastital Brigade; it is probable that the family name was KOPLOWICZ. 153
KOPILNIK Nionia M Rowne Captured by SS in a clash with them; tied to a car & dragged until he died. Rowne In the Ghetto served as a driver for a German institution; stole a weapon & hid it in his house. 154
KUPINSKA Sara F Jeziersk Fell in the Ghetto uprising. Bialystok 16.08.1943 She was a member of the fighting organization in the Bialystok Ghetto. 154
KOPELOWICZ Awraham M Kozlowszczyzna 1913 Kozlowszczyzna Led an attack on a fortified position; shot & killed by one of the Belorussian police. Kozlowszczyzna 30.08.1942 BULAK, BULAT, Dr. Jechezkiel ATLAS Left the Ghetto & got to the Ruda Dobrowszczyna forests; among the founders of the Proveida Brigade; obtained weapons from the area farmers; organized a spy network; very highly thought of; participated in battles against armed garrisons; burned bridges & attacked collaborators & murderers of Jews. 154
KOPELOWICZ Michael M Married Teacher Chanan Rachel Feld Mir 1912 Mir He & his wife Rachel were murdered by Russian partisans. In the area of Mir 04.1943 His wife, Rachel FELD Born without a right arm; fled with his wife from the Mir Ghetto & joined a partisan group in the area of Mir; there is a photograph. 154
KOPELOWICZ Fejga F Kurzeniec She was captured by the Germans; refused to divulge information on supply route to partisans; tortured & died. In the area of Kurzeniec She was a partisan very highly thought of by the area farmers. 154
KOPLINSKI Mosze M Yitzhak Pesya Lakhwa Died defending the Ghetto. Lakhwa Among the leaders of the Lakhwa uprising. 154
KOPELMAN Efraim M Student Yehoshua Hinda Vasilishki 1922 Vasilishki Killed by Germans while on guard duty. Naliboki forest 1943 BIELSKI Escaped from the Ghetto to the Lida Ghetto & afterwards to the Naliboki forests; joined the Kalinin Brigade 155
KOPELMAN Mordechaj Motel M Assigned with colleague to kill Stravlov, a murderer of Jews; he shot them first. Grodno 02.1943 Nachum KRAWEC A member of the Grodno Ghetto underground organization. 155
KUPERSZMIDT M Yisrael Skalat Fell when his retreating unit was surrounded. Carpathian Mountains He joined the Kovpak Division. 155
KUPERSZMIDT Awraham M Zvhil 1911 Was involved in testing a new machine gun; wounded by bullets all over his body; died after great suffering. Cuman forests At the beginning of the war, a soldier in the Red Army; escaped from captivity & got to the forest; joined the unit of Medvedev; participated in many battles; ambushes, blowing up railroad tracks & bridges; It is probable that he was born in Berdichev. 155
KOPSZTEJN Mordechaj Motel M Vilna Seriously wounded retreating from blowing up railroad cars; in order to make it easier on his withdrawing colleagues, shot himself. Vilna-Lida railroad tracks A partisan in the Death to Fascisim Brigade. 155
KUC Awraham M Kolki Kolki Killed fording river. Lumnitza River ABRAMOW Escaped to the area forests with other young people; joined the Kovpak Division; was a saboteur; participated in the march to the Carpathian Mountains. 155
KUC Israel M Clerk in store Moshe Eli Kolki 1918 Kolki Killed by German fire while fording river. River near Stanislawow 06.1943 Escaped from the Kolki Ghetto; joined other young people in the forests; joined the Zofjowka group & later the the Kovpak Division; participated in the march to the Carpathian Mountains. 155
KURJANSKI F Married Mendel Bialystok Thrown with her baby from the 2nd story of a house; died on top of the baby's body. Bialystok, Kopeitza St. 10 02.1943 Her husband, Mendel KURJANSKI She was in her house when the Germans infiltrated; escaped with no weapons by using salicylic acid. 156
KURICKI Szmuel Mulia M Technician Dunilowicze 1916 Vilna Helped evacuate wounded from a partisan hospital that was attacked; his attempt to escape failed. 20.08.1942 Attempted to escape with the Red Army without success; fled with a group of young people to the Lezhnik forest & joined the Mastital Brigade; involved in spying activities; mining trains & ambushes. 156
KURLANDSKI Sonia F University student Minsk She was shot when trying to help Soviet prisoners escape to the forest. In the area of Minsk She was active in the Ghetto underground; a guide to those who fled to the Parkhomenko Brigade in the Starosilo forests. 156
KURLANCZYK Szlomo M Oran 1924 In an ambush after dynamiting a German train, seriously wounded & died from injuries. The Morczinkanetz-Zhowrow railroad line 04.1944 Fled from the Lida Ghetto to the Naczca forests; joined the Kotovski Brigade; participated in battles; ambushes, derailing & mining trains. 156
KORN M Fell by the hands of Ukrainians. Deputy commander of the Medvedev Brigade in the Cuman forests. 156
KORN Borys M Soviet Russia Fell in the battle for the village of Ostrakhi. Ostrakhi Partisan in the Nikolai-Kharpo Brigade whose base was in Krakow-Szina in the area of Glusk. 156
KORN Jechezkiel M Factory worker Yehoshua Sara Lida 1921 Lida Fell with the soldiers of his unit in an attack on Naliboki . Naliboki Szolem PIOLUN, Mosze PAZDUNSKI, Attorney Alter DWORECKI, Fled from Zdzieciol; member of the staff of the underground in the Ghetto; escaped to the Lipczanska forests & from there to the Naliboki forests; joined the Jewish unit in the Stalin Brigade. 157
KURKIEL Icchak M Kovno Killed in an attempt to cut the barbed wire fence in the Ghetto. Kovno A member of the underground organization in the Kovno Ghetto; went in the framework of a group to the Augustova forests; caught by Gestapo, tortured & released. 157
KUSZNIR M Slutzk Shot by a Pole while on guard duty in the family camp. Naliboki forest 03.1944 Escaped from the Minsk Ghetto to the family camp in the Naliboki forests. 157
KUSZNIR Jakow M Carpenter Tanchum Beila Wasiliszki 1923 Wasiliszki Killed in the service of the Red Army; his whereabouts unknown. After liberation BIELSKI Escaped from Lida to the Naliboki forests & joined the Kalinin Brigade; after liberation, inducted into the Red Army. 157
KUSZNIR Szlomo M Metal worker Dereczyn Fled with others & hid in a bunker; when discovered by Germans he committed suicide. BIELSKI Transferred to the forced labor camp at Koldyczewo; initiated establishing the 'rescue committee;' planned to flee from the labor camp via a frozen lake to the forests. 157
KUSZCEWICZ M Rubiezewicze His commanding officer got drunk & murdered him. Near Michalow Feiwel OGINSKI Partisan in theTchapaeiv Brigade. 157
KUSZCZYNSKI Aron M He & his colleagues were discovered by local residents who informed the Germans; was killed while attending someone who was injured. Near Baranowicze Chaim OSOWSKI Partisan in the Captain Czorny Brigade that operated in the forests surrounding Baranowicze. 157
KATRICKI Mulka M Fell in battle. Partisan in the Narodny Mastital Brigade in the Naliboki forests. 158
KIBOWICZ Awraham M Naliboki 1905 Delatycze Was on an intelligence gathering mission; as a result of being betrayed, surrounded by police & murdered. Pawlovicz Fled from the Nowogrodek Ghetto to the Naliboki forest; joined theTchakalow Brigade that operated in the Potasznia forests. 158
KIZEL M Minsk Fell when Brigade attacked a Lithuanian-German military garrison. Kobylnik 01.11.1942 Fled from the Minsk Ghetto to the Naliboki forests & joined the Mastital Brigade. 158
KIM Jefim M Fell by hands of the Germans while on a scouting mission. In the area of Postawy 1943 Bomka BOJARSKI Partisan in the Kalinin Brigade in the Narocz forests. 158
KIMSTAC Miszka M Ukraine Fell in battle. Soldier in the Red Army; escaped from captivity to the Lipczanska forests & joined the Bourba Brigade. 158
KINKULKIN Mosze Zalmen M Married Metal worker, Blacksmith, bicycle repairman Eliyahu Reitza Ivye 1922 Ivye Fell in Israel's War of Independence. Mishmar Hayarden 07.10.1948 After the slaughter in Ivye, got to Lida & from there escaped to the Naliboki forests; joined the Kalinin Brigade & afterwards joined the Alexander Nevsky Brigade; excelled on the battlefield; after the war left Russia for Germany & from there immigrated to Eretz Yisrael on an illegal immigrant ship; deported to Cyprus & freed to Atlit; settled in Tivon; with the outbreak of the War of Independence joined the Carmeli Brigade; wounded but returned to serve; was a mortarman; his nickname was Miszka. 158
KISLER Joel Hayachfan M Bialystok Found a shell & when he picked it up it exploded in his hands. Chaim LAPACZYNSKI, Grisza LUNSKI A member of the fighting organization in the Ghetto; left Bialystok & joined the partisan unit of Chaim Lapaczynski; nickname 'hayachfan' = hooligan. 158
KIRZNER Lejb M Kobryn Seriously wounded in battle; asked his colleagues to kill him to release him from his suffering. District of Kobryn 12.1942 Escaped to the forests & joined an independent partisan unit in the Kobryn district. 158
KIRZNER Manes M Dabrowica 1920 Dabrowica Fell in a battle his unit fought against Ukrainians. Area of Wysosk 1943 Escaped from the Ghetto & with a group of young people set up a partisan brigade in the Fiodorov-Rovinski organization. 159
KIRKAJESZTA Jakow Jasha M Shoemaker Moldovia Odessa Killed in an Aktzia by a German dum-dum bullet. With the outbreak of the war fled to Minsk; in the Ghetto changed his name to Szusterman; central figure in the underground organization in the Ghetto; took care of the group's operation. 159
KIRKEL Icchak M Kovno Kovno Killed in an attempt to cut the barbed wire fence in the Ghetto. Kovno A member of the Ghetto underground; sent to make contact with Russian paratroopers in the Augustova forests. 159
KIRSZENCWAJG Eliezer M Married 1912 Lenin Scout with Russian fighters who did not return: 2 versions of his death (1) shot by Germans; (2) murdered by his colleagues. Sent to the Hancewicze forced labor camp & organized an escape from the camp; joined the Tchigonkov Brigade & later transferred to Khativhashel Batyia; volunteered for dangerous missions; was a scout; saboteur & involved in battles. 159
"KLAWA" F Kalinin She shot a German officer who pretended to be dead; he overcame her; she was tortured & shot. Glebokie 05.1943 Part of the partisan group that was parachuted in the area of Uszaczy; acted as liason between the group & the young people in the Glebokie Ghetto. 159
KLACZKO M Nieswiez Fell by the hands of the Germans on the day of the Ghetto mass killing. Nieswiez 21.07.1942 Israel SZUSTERMAN Member of the Ghetto undergound organization; on the day of the mass killing jumped on one of the police & killed him. 159
KLORIN Szymon M Mendel Kripull near Dokszyce 1922 Budslaw Fell in service with the Red Army. The outskirts of Berlin 1945 Fled with young people to the forest & joined the Narodny Mastital Brigade in the area of Bihomel; participated in battles & dynamiting bridges; after liberation volunteered for the Red Army. 159
KELJACZUK Zeev Velvel M Simcha Swierzen near Stolpce 1922 Swierzen near Stolpce Fell in service with the Red Army. Berlin 1945 Fled from the forced labor camp & taken into the Zhukov Brigade in the Kopyl forests; served as a guide for groups that went out to battles & involved in obtaining supplies; after liberation inducted into the Red Army. 160
KLIGER M Warsaw 1920 Lenin Fell in a battle with Germans who attacked a partisan village. Cholofnicz 1943 Taken by the Germans to the Hancewicze forced labor camp; escaped & joined the Pakosh Brigade; served as a saboteur. 160
KLAJNOT Mosze M Briansk Fell in battle with Germans who attacked the bunker where he was. 1943 Among the group of fighters who left Briansk that were known as the Partizanka that later joined the Brigade of Pawel Radzyn. 160
KLAJNER Motl M Koretz Fell in battle. Carpathian Mountains 1943 Partisan in the Kovpak Division. 160
KLAJNER Mosze M Koretz Two versions: (1) fell in battle; (2) fell in scouting mission. (1) Near Delatyn, (2) Cuman forests 07.1943 Fled with other youth to the forests; 2 versions: (1) in the Kovpak Division in march to the Carpathian Mountains; (2) in Medvedev Brigade. 160
KALMANOWICZ Josef M X-ray technician Buria Rivkah New Pohost 1918 Pohost Went to a farmer's house with 2 colleagues to obtain weapons; the farmer betrayed them & he was killed by police. Isinik Island Dr. RALVER, Jona KAPLAN, Chaim CIPLEWICZ From Pohost escaped to Druja & from there to Braslaw; when the mass killing began fled to a village & was armed with a rifle; with others from Pohost established a partisan unit. 160
KALMANOWICZ Lejb M Lumber appraiser David Rivkah Trob 1910 Shot with his colleagues by Russian partisans who took their weapons & confiscated their supplies. The area of the Naliboki forests 06.02.1943 A member of the underground organization in Ivye; broke through the Ghetto wall & fled with his colleagues to the Morin forest; took revenge on collaborators; confiscated stolen Jewish property & caused panic in the area; was a candidate to be accepted into the Stalin Brigade. 161
KLESZCIK M Tailor Timkovitz Fell in battle. 1943 The only Jew who succeeded in escaping from his town; joined the Zhukov Brigade; went on missions of supply gathering & guard duty. 161
KAMINER Mosze M Married Mir Mir Died suddenly. United States - after the war After liberation His wife - Mina GRINBERG Was in the Vilna Ghetto until his sister perished; fled to the forest & joined the Markov Division; participated in battles; after liberation inducted into the Red Army & got to Berlin; immigrated to the United States; there is a photograph. 161
KENIGSBERG M Bialystok Part of the uprising on the day of the mass killing; killed in a bunker with his colleagues. Bialystok, Khmeilna St. 7 16.08.1943 Among the fighters in the Ghetto underground; participated in the uprising on the day of the mass killing. 161
KENIGSZSTEJN M Poland Caught with his colleagues in a German ambush & killed. Near Chominka 08.02.1943 Got to Nieswiez; escaped to the Orlyk forests; among the first members of the Zhukov Brigade. 161
KNIPEL Jehoszua M 1923 Fell in battle. 1943 Partisan in the Kruk Brigade. 161
KENER Szmuel M Dzisna Surrounded by Germans while carrying out a mission; did not manage to escape; committed suicide. 1944 Partisan in the Komlov Brigade. 161
KACEW Aron M Klevan, Volhyn 1910 Klevan Caught by a Ukrainian gang & tortured to death. 1943 Escaped to the area forests; organized a group of partisans; confiscated stolen Jewish property; killed collaborators & murderers of Jews. 162
KACZOWA Szlomo M Luck 1928 Luck In the War of Independence, hit by a mortar fired from Sheikh Jarrah. Jerusalem 01.06.1948 Escaped from the Ghetto to the forests; joined a Jewish partisan group; after liberation in Red Army & sent to officers training school; illegal immigrant to Eretz Yisrael & joined Kibbutz Gat; at the beginning of the War of Independence completed an officers training course & served in the Moriah Brigade. 162
KRAWEC Icchak M Zdzieciol 1908 Zdzieciol Had disagreement with his commanding officer; sent to deliver a letter to the brigade headquarters; never returned; was shot. Hirshel (Cwi) KAPLINSKI Escaped to the forests with his brother; served in the company of Kaplinski; joined the Bourba Brigade; involved in securing weapons; participated in battles & ambushes; transferred to the Krasnogvardeisk Brigade. 162
KRAWIEC Zalmen M Kovno Fell in an attack by a Lithuanian unit on their garrison. Wieczoryszkis 10.04.1944 A member of the Kovno underground; went to the Rudniki forests; joined the Vlados Baronas Brigade. 162
KRAWIEC Malka F Married Teacher Yosef Kaganovitch Zev Lida 1912 Zdzieciol She was in an ambush; came upon Germans; she was caught, set on fire & burned alive. Zdzieciol 06.1944 Her husband - Zev She fled with her husband from the Nowogrodek forced labor camp to the Lipczanska forests; joined the Bourba Brigade; involved in housekeeping & the kitchen. 162
KRATKOWSKI Mosze M Zvi Serniki 1916 Serniki After liberation, operated behind enemy lines; involved in battle with Ukrainian nationalists & killed. The area of Szacki 06.1944 Fled from the Ghetto & joined the Molotov Brigade; at first involved in obtaining supplies; then involved in scouting & spying; participated in battles; after liberatiion active behind enemy lines. 162
KRASNOWSKI Chana F Dereczyn near Slonim 1921 Dereczyn She was seriously injured in an attack on a German garrison; returned to base & died of her wounds. Ruda Dobrowszczyna forest 08.1942 BLOCH, Dawid DOMBROWSKI, Chaim ZELIKOWICZ, Berl BARANSKI She fled from the Ghetto & got to the Ruda Dobrowszczyna forests & the Bulak Brigade; participated in the attack on the German fortified position in Dereczyn. 163
KRAWIEC Nachum M Killed in an attempt to assassinate an enemy of Jews - Starvlov. Grodno Motel KOPELMAN Member of the Grodno Ghetto underground. 163
KREBS M Przemysl Jumped a Gestapo officer; caught & publicly hanged. Przemysl Fled from Przemysl to the area forests; active in the Praiit group of Jewish partisans. 163
KRU Elka F Married Nurse 1910 Zdzieciol Helped her husband evacuate wounded to a safer location; attacked by White Poles & killed. The area of Lida 03.1944 Her husband - Dr. KRU She escaped from the Lida Ghetto to the Oriol Brigade; served as a nurse at her husband's side; participated in derailing trains. 163
KRUGLI Akiwa M Butcher Pohost-Zahorodski 1908 Pohost-Zahorodski Went with Unit to eliminate a German garrison; while covering others during their withdrawl, wounded & died. The Malkwicz-Luniniec railroad line Taken to the Hancewicze forced labor camp; at first was in the Kaganovich Brigade & later in the Shachurs Brigade; served as the head of the housekeeping unit; machine gunner; participated in attacks on armed garrisons; sabotage on roads, dynamiting sawmill, cutting telephone lines & derailing trains. 163
KRUGMAN Jehuda M Zdzieciol Fell in the great pursuit. Lipczanska forest 12.1942 Hirsh (Cwi) KAPLINSKI Escaped after the 2nd Ghetto mass killing; joined the company of Hirsh (Cwi) Kaplinski. 164
KRULFELD M Killed with colleagues on their way to a combat mission. Jehoszua GERSZFELD, Jakow SZEW Partisan in the Tchapaeiv Brigade. 164
KRUNENBERG M Warsaw Fell in battle with German punishment squad. Plater forests 09.1943 With the German invasion, went to Dabrowica, Volhyn; from there escaped to the forest of Count Plater; joined the Plater Brigade. 164
KRUPIENI Efraim M Byten 1916 Byten Was covering the retreat of his colleagues after blowing up train tracks. Near Hiczicz 01.05.1943 His brother Hirsz; his sister Zenia. Fled with his mother, sister & brother to the Wilcze-Nory forests; served in the Tchapaeiv, Pogatachov - in the swamps of Polesie & Molotov Brigades. 164
KRUPIENI Hirsz M Byten 1922 Byten Murdered by a Russian partisan after refusing to turn over his weapon to him. Wilcze-Nory 08.1942 His brother Efraim; his sisterZenia Fled with his mother, sister & brother to the Wilcze-Nory forests; served in the Pogatachov Brigade. 164
KRUPIENI Zenia F Byten 1924 Byten She was on a sledge when she noticed Belorussian police; she fired a warning shot & was killed. Wilcze-Nory 13.03.1943 Her brothers - Efraim & Hirsz She fled with her mother & brother to the Wilcze-Nory forests; joined 60 Group Brigade & afterwards was active in the Shachurs Brigade.. 164
KRUPIENI Chaja F Married Slonim She was on a mine setting mission; caught in an ambush & was killed. She fled with her husband to the Sinkwicz forest; both of them joined the Poveida Brigade & afterwards served in the Maxim Brigade; her maiden name was SOBOL. 164
KRUPNIK Meir M Yosef Dov Batya Rokitno 1926 Rokitno Wounded serving in the Red Army; returned to the lines & died. 1944 After the mass killing in the Ghetto, fled to the forests; wandered in the Tatina forests until he joined a Russian brigade. 164
KRUPSKI Zeev M Married Welder - mechanic Beile Pudzino 1916 Lida Murdered in an encounter with Russsian partisans who demanded that he give them his weapon. Naliboki 08.1943 His wife Beile GOLUBOWSKA; the partisan Grizhka Among the organizers of the Lida Ghetto underground; fled from the Ghetto with his wife to the Naliboki forests & joined Oktiover Brigade; participated in battles, ambushes & derailing trains; was a candidate to received the Red Star commendation. 165
KROSZYNSKI Szolem M Owner of restaurant and bar Mordecai Rivkah Zdzieciol 1899 Zdzieciol Shot himself after he shot a Latvian officer. Zdzieciol 06.08.1942 Was in Zdzieciol; fought intruders who were collaborators who tried to break into his house. 165
KRIGER Awraham Mordechaj M Myszyniec 1927 Dereczyn Caught in a police ambush & killed in the exchange of fire. Dereczyn 30.06.1942 Meir SZTEJNBERG Fled to the Ruda Dobrowszczyna forests; together with a friend, joined the Poveida Brigade; involved in obtaining supplies for the partisan hospital. 165
KRYNSKI Hilel M Fell in action against Germans. In the area of Jashinovka Was in a group of fighters from the town of Jashinovka. 165
KRIPICER Lejb M Radzilow Returning from attacking leaders of gangs, seriously wounded & died on the way to the forest. In the area of the Leshniyov forests The wireless operator (female) ZALOZHNI Fled from the Radzilow Ghetto to Brody & from there to Leshniyov forests where a partisan unit was forming; among the few who remained alive. 165
KRYSZTAL Cvi Ganyk M Warsaw 1911 Warsaw Fell in service with the Red Army. 1944 When the Germans invaded Poland, fled to Swierzen; fled from there to the Kopyl forest & was accepted into the Zhukov Brigade. 166
KERMAN Dawid M Rubiezewicze 1925 Captured by Germans when his unit attacked a garrison; brutally murdered. Naliboki 1942 Partisan in the Stalin Brigade in the Naliboki forests. 166
KREMIN M Married Physician Slonim Killed together with his wife when they were caught in a German ambush. Wilcze-Nory forest 12.1942 Fled to the Wilcze-Nory forests & joined the Tchapaeiv Brigade as a doctor. 166
KREMIN Basia F She fell in battle. In the area of the Wilcze-Nory forest 09.1942 She was a partisan in Unit 51 of the Shachurs Brigade. 166
KREMIN Jasza M Fell in battle. In the area of the Wilcze-Nory forest 09.1942 Partisan in Unit 51 of the Shachurs Brigade. 166
KREMER Becalel M Accountant Glebokie 1922 Glebokie Participated in a battle led by his unit; killed in the battle. Kazian forests 28.06.1944 Fled with a group from the Glebokie Ghetto; joined the Spartak Brigade; participated in battles & acts of revenge. 166
KRESNOWSKI Simcha M Dereczyn Killed in action against lone Germans wandering in the forests. Ruda Dobrowszczyna forest After liberation Partisan in the Poveida Brigade; captured Ukrainian police to interrogate & to eliminate. 166
KARP Szmuel M Piask 1916 Piask Two versions: (1) killed when regional commissar killed; (2) killed in mission that was collecting clothing. Piask 1943 Szmarjahu WARSZAWSKI Escaped from a convoy transporting Jews from the town; got to the Lipczanska forests & joined the Bourba Brigade. 166
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RABUNSKI Szmuel Mulia M Yitzhak Kurzeniec 1922 Kurzeniec Two versions: (1) killed in clean-up action against fascists; (2) fell in battle. (1) Area of Oshmyany; (2) Warsaw 1944 Fled to the forests & joined the Manakhim Brigade in the area of Molodeczno; participated in battles; scouting missions; sabotage; derailing trains & spying missions; after liberation joined the ranks of the Red Army. 167
RADZIEJEWSKI Benjamin Boris M Navroska 1910 Killed when mines he carried in his napsack exploded. 10.1943 Fled from the Kamen Kashirskiy Ghetto to the forests & joined the Kruk Brigade; was commander & participated in battles against police; acts of revenge; mining railroad tracks; ambushes against Germans; burning bridges & eliminating police armed positions; candidate to receive the Red Star commendation. 167
RADZIEJEWICZ Mosze M Vilna 1921 Vilna Entered a farmer's house while on scouting mission; police were there; tried to escape; seriously injured & died. Popishki Mosze STRYCZANSKI Active in the PPA in Vilna; left Vilna for the Rudniki forests & received into the Mast Brigade; excellent scout; involved in intelligence gathering. 167
RADIKS Szymon M Married Briks Radun He fell in a seige. Nacza forests 16.06.1943 Fled to the Nacza forests & joined the Leninski Komsomol Brigade. 167
RAWICKI Abraham M Itzel Malka Leszno Leszno Sent to a farmer's house to obtain explosives; attacked by Germans; wounded & shot himself. Basein forest 1944 His brother Noach RAWICKI; Mendel On the day of the mass murder in the town, fled with his brother to the Basein forest; together with other survivors thye set up a partisan unit; after about a year they went to Wilcze-Nory to the Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade. 168
RAWICKI Noach M Itzel Malka Leszno Leszno Sent to a farmer's house to obtain explosives; attacked by Germans; wounded & shot himself. Basein forest 1944 His brother Abraham RAWICKI; Mendel On the day of the mass murder in the town, fled with his brother to the Basein forest; together with other survivors thye set up a partisan unit; after about a year they went to Wilcze-Nory to the Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade. 168
RAWICKI Mosze M Pruzany Killed with his brother in a bunker after a provisions gathering mission. His brother Szlomo RAWICKI Member of a Jewish unit that operated in the forests in the area of Pruzany . 168
RAWICKI Szlomo M Pruzany Killed with his brother in a bunker after a provisions gathering mission. His brother Mosze RAWICKI Member of a Jewish unit that operated in the forests in the area of Pruzany . 168
RAZWASKI Josef M Tailor Zdzieciol 1898 Nowogrodek Seriously wounded & died with great suffering in a battle with retreating Germans close to liberation. 05.07.1944 ZOVKOVSKI Escaped from the court house via a tunnel; joined the Zha Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade; participated in battles & hoped to take revenge. 168
RAZIL Abraham M Piask Fell in action securing supplies. Escaped from the Ghetto before the Jews were deported; got to the Lipczanska forests & joined the Bourba Brigade. 168
RATNER Chaim Dawid M Kovno Fell while fulfilling a special assignment. Southern Lithuania 07.1944 Chaim JELIN, Jankel LEVI Among the leaders of the anti-fascist organization in Kovno; among the signers of the agreement among all the organizations; smuggled weapons & trained others in their use; left the Ghetto & joined the Vafeirod Brigade in the Rudniki forests; appointed commissar of the Brigade. 168
RATNER Szymon M Engineer Kovno Betrayal by a driver led to a confrontation with Germans in which he was killed. Kovno 12.04.1944 Chaim JELIN, Deeply involved in & active in the Ghetto underground organization; after Chaim Jelin fell, he was appointed head of the fighting organization. 169
RASNER M Chaim Warsaw Murdered by members of the Polish underground who seemingly came to warn him of the Germans. The area of Khanczvoka A young woman named Ruti Escaped from the forced labor camp where the Nazis sent him; joined colleagues in the forest; they recognized him as their leader. 169
RAF Jakow Jashka M Vilna 1914 Vilna A group of farmers attacked him & his colleagues when they were at a farm & killed all of them. 1944 GOLDSZTEJN Deputy head of the PPA underground organization; among the organizers of the training course for leaders of the organization; helped colleagues escape from the Ghetto; went to the Narocz forests & joined the Mast Brigade; when the brigade disbanded, remained in an independent Jewish group. 169
RAF Mara F Vilna 1923 Vilna A group of farmers attacked her & her colleagues when they were at a farm & killed all of them. 1944 Jashka RAF She was a member of the PPA organization; went with colleagaues to the Narocz forests & joined the Mast Brigade; when it disbanded, she remained in an independent unit; her maiden name - RODZHISKA. 169
RAFALIN Zenia F Byten Seriously wounded in a clash with the Germans returning from a patrol; she returned to the base & died. Okoninowa 04.1943 She was a partisan in the Zha Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade in the Wilcze-Nory forests; participated in the battle actions of the Brigade. 169
RAPAPORT Jedidia M Yerachmiel Strobin Strobin Fell in an attack on an estate where German staff was located. Pohost Fled from the Ghetto to the forest & joined the Katovski Brigade in the Khwarostov forests. 170
RAPAPORT Josef M Married Wolozyn Executed on orders of the company commissar - accused of taking a dress for his wife from a farmer. Partisan in Brigade 20 of the Tchakalow Division. 170
RAKOWSKI Abraham M Electrician Nowogrodek Fell in service with the Red Army. Berlin After liberation Was among the organizers of digging the tunnel under the court house in the Nowogrodek Ghetto; fled & joined a Russian partisan unit; after his death he was awarded a commendation of excellence that was sent to his sister. 170
RASZALOW Tamar Tania Tomka F Vilna 1922 Vilna Her unit was caught in an ambush; a traitor handed her over to White Poles who tortured & killed her. Niusa LOWICKI A member of the PPA organization in the Vilna Ghetto; got to the Rudniki forests & joined the Maavak (Struggle) Brigade; at her request participated in battle activities. 170
RABINOWICZ M Baranowicze 1922 Baranowicze Went out on a mission; unit was surrounded by Germans; he was killed along with his Jewish colleagues. Near the Vigova lake A member of the Ghetto underground; amont the first to escape to the forests; joined the Mischa Seiayin Brigade. 170
RABINOWICZ M Vilna Fell on his way to a supply mission. Partisan in the Smeirt Fashizmo Brigade that operated in the Rudniki forests. 170
RABINOWICZ M Physician Sokol Two versions: (1) fell in battle against Germans; (2) murdered along with Jewish doctors by his fellow members of the brigade. 01.1944 Got to the Domnipul forests; joined the Bandrovtzi Susnka Brigade of Ukrainian nationalists; was the unit's physician. 170
RABINOWICZ Abraham M Vilna Went out on a mission & was killed on his way back. The Vilna-Lida road 06.1944 Partisan in the Smeirt Fashizmo Brigade that operated in the Rudniki forests. 171
RABINOWICZ Wolf Velvel Zev M Electrician Meir Eliyahu Mir Murdered by a farmer who promised to lead him to the partisans. In the area of Mir Member of the Mir Ghetto underground; hoped to establish contact with the partisans. 171
RABINOWICZ Israel Izya M Shaul Batsheva Vilna 1925 Zdzieciol Killed by Germans while on guard duty. On the other side of the Neiman River Hirshel (Cwi) KAPLINSKI, Szolem GARLING Escaped from the Ghetto to the Lipczanska forests; was in the family camp; after requests attached to Kaplinski's Unit; participated in battles against Latvian or Lithuanians. [text has typo] 171
RABINOWICZ Israel M Slonim 1921 Slonim Was on guard duty when surrounded by Lithuanians; killed in the exchange of fire. Lugi 05.11.1942 Szlomo BUSEL Fled the Ghetto during the days of the Aktzia; got to the Wilcze-Nory forests & joined Unit 51 of the Shachurs Brigade. 171
RABINOWICZ Mula M Storekeeper Reuven Mir Died in their base of tuberculosis. Naliboki forest BIELSKI Fled from the Ghetto to the Naliboki forests; joined the Kalinin Brigade. 171
RABINOWICZ Nisan M Eliezer Chaya Lenin 1919 Lenin Killed in battle. In the area of Malkowicz Sent to the Hancewicze forced labor camp; escaped & joined a unit of the Komorov Brigade. 171
RABINOWICZ Resza F Mir 1924 Mir Fell on the 2nd day of the mass murder in the Ghetto. Mir 13.08.1942 Szmuel ROFAIJZEN (Oswald) She was active in the underground organization; smuggled weapons into the Ghetto; served as the liason between the underground organization & Szmuel Rofaijzen (Oswald). 171
RAWICZ Sewek M Engineer Killed by Russian partisans in his unit. RUTMAN Worked to get Jews out of the Baranowicze Ghetto; instigated sabotage activities & skirmishes with the Germans; joined theTchigonkov Brigade in the framework of a Jewish group; participated in battles & in acts of revenge. 171
RADZIWONISZKI Abraham M Accountant Lida 1914 Lida Was on a scouting mission with his colleagues; surrounded by Germans; climbed a tree & fought; was killed on the spot. In the area of the Naliboki forests 07.1943 Active in the underground; involved in acquiring weapons; fled from the Ghetto to the Naliboki forests & joined the Oriol Brigade; later was deputy commander; participated in sabotage activities; mining railroad tracks; exploding facilities & bridges; commended for excellence in the Brigade.
RUBIN G. M Minsk While he was in the house of a friend, it was surrounded by Gestapo agents; escaped but was shot by those pursuing him. Minsk Witia FELDMAN A member of the Minsk Ghetto underground organization; organized sending groups of people to the forests. 172
RUBIN Dora F Briansk She was killed with her brother by Germans while in the house of farmers; they were betrayed. Polteil 1943 Her brother Hirszel RUBIN She went to the area forests together with her brother. 172
RUBIN Hirsz M Briansk 1925 Briansk Killed with his sister by Germans while in the house of farmers; they were betrayed. Polteil 1943 His sister Dora RUBIN In the Ghetto involved in acquiring weapons; went with his sister to the area forests; because of his success in attacking Germans, there was a price on his head; he killed dogs trained to hunt Jews; there is a photograph. 172
RUBIN Lejzor the blacksmith M Blacksmith Goniadz Killed in a battle while he was trying to save a Serbian colleague. 06.1944 Participated in the Treblinka uprising; fled from the camp & got to Bialystok; hid in a church; got to the forest & joined the Mastrov Brigade. 172
RUBIN Menachem M Kovno Killed with his colleagues on their way to the forest. In the area of the Rudniki forest 05.1944 Aba DISKANT Member of the Kovno underground organization; went to the Rudniki forests. 172
RUBINSZTEJN Aron M Bialystok Fell in service with the Red Army. After liberation Partisan in the Vafeirod Brigade; after liberation inducted into the Red Army. 173
RUBINSZTEJN Ajzik M Hershel Esther Lenin 1923 Lenin Fell in the last search by (enemy) in the forest. The area of Rafin 05.1944 His brother Mosze RUBINSZTEJN Sent with his brother & father to the Hancewicze forced labor camp; escaped & joined the Zhorka Brigade in Rafin village; served in a battle unit. 173
RUBINSZTEJN Eliezer M Matitjahu Bashka Lenin 1924 Lenin Fell in the last search (by enemy) in the forests. Near Laskowiec 05.1944 His father Matitjahu RUBINSZTEJN Sent with his father to the Hancewicze forced labor camp; escaped & joined the Zhorka Brigade in Rafin village; participated in battles & sabotage activities. 173
RUBINSZTEJN Bubcia F Briansk A Pole brought the Germans to the bunker where she & her colleagues were; she fought until their ammunition gave out. Briansk forests Rachel CZESLAK She fought in an independent Jewish unit in the forests near Briask. 173
RUBINSZTEJN Boaz M Lumber merchant Noach Chana Zlotitz close to Lenin 1898 Zalosce Fell when his unit was surrounded by Germans. In the area of Chushinitz Taken to the Hancewicze forced labor camp; escaped to the area forests & joined a partisan group. 173
RUBINSZTEJN Mosze M Hershel Esther Lenin 1925 Lenin Fell in the last search (hunt by enemy) in the forest. The area of Rafin 05.1944 His brother Ajzik RUBINSZTEJN Sent with his brother & father to the Hancewicze forced labor camp; escaped & joined the Zhorka Brigade in Rafin village. 173
RUBINSZTEJN Matitjahu Matys M Merchant Avraham Aharon Elka Milewicze 1897 Lenin Died of typhus. The area of Rafin 1944 His son Eliezer RUBINSZTEJN Sent with his brother & father to the Hancewicze forced labor camp; escaped & joined the Zhorka Brigade in Rafin village; worked in housekeeping. 173
RUBINSZTEJN Szalom M Osova 1918 Osova Died in mission to wipe out remnants of nationalist gangs. Near Zdolbunow After liberation When he got to the forest, joined the Smeirt Fashizmo Brigade; participated in acts of revenge against police & murderers of Jews; mined railroad tracks & dynamited bridges. 173
RUBENCZYK A. M Minsk 1910 Minsk Because of weakness, could not keep up with his unit after completing a mission; his commander shot him. 1943 N. FELDSZTAJN Among the first members of the Minsk underground; helped partisans in smuggling weapons & clothing; left the Ghetto; among the organizers of the Stalin Division; headed a Jewish group that absorbed those fleeing from the Ghetto; wounded twice; was company commander of the Parkhomenko Brigade of the Division. 174
ROGOW M Krywa Fell in battle against a Division of the SS. 06.1944 Partisan in the Ponamarnko Brigade. 174
ROGOWIN Eliezer M Zvi Arieh Risha Wolozyn 06.05.1922 Wolozyn After his Aliyah to Eretz Yisrael, at the end of battles, involved in dismantling mines; killed when mine exploded. In the area of Beersheva 29.09.1948 When the Wolozyn Ghetto was liquidated, he fled to the Naliboki forests & joined the Staritzki Brigade; he excelled & was raised to rank of sergeant; in one of the battles was wounded but returned in 2 months as platoon commander of saboteurs; his unit carried out missions on roads, railroad tracks, derailing trains; awarded many commendations including Hero of the Soviet Union; raised to rank of Starshi Lieutenant; after the war got to Lodz & joined the Gordonia Kibbutz; went to the DP camps & from there was an illegal immigrant to Eretz Yisrael; was exiled to Cyprus; joined the Palmach when he arrived in Eretz Yisrael; served as an officer in sabotage & mining unit; after his death raised in rank to captain. 174
ROGOZINSKI Jakob M Weapons manufacturer Lodz Killed in the first stages of the Ghetto uprising. Bialystok Henoch FARBER His colleagues in the underground rescued him from the Valkovski concentration camp; he conducted a workshop for producing weapons for the underground; during the uprising took care of arms & their distribution. 175
RUDASZEWSKI Nachum Nukhka M Vilna Vilna Sent with colleagues to dismantle telephone poles; the poles were mined & he was killed. Lida-Vilna Road Got to the Rudniki forest from the Ghetto; joined the Bourba Brigade; took part in the wiping out of a village, dynamiting bridges, uprooting telephone poles & dynamiting trains. 175
RODOWA Ema F Minsk She was turned over to the Germans by the Judenrat; tortured & executed. Minsk 09.01.1943 When the Ghetto underground was established, she was tasked with organizing the youth & maintaining contact with the general [non-Jewish] underground. 175
RODIN Jehuda M Lizorka Was shot with 2 colleagues by a Russian partisan who threw their bodies into the river. Bridge on the Styra River Fajge GOLDMAN, Josef MORIK Among the first to flee to the forest; joined the unit of Konshin in the Dyadiya Patia Brigade; served as a saboteur & participated in derailing trains. 175
RUDICER Hersz M Minsk Caught by the Germans & publicly hanged in the square. Minsk 07.05.1942 GOLDIN, Boris CHAIJMOWICZ A member of the Ghetto underground organization; headed the economic division of the Judenrat; acquired equipment for the partisans; succeeded in freeing people from the jail; provided arms & ammunition. 175
RUDNICKI Josef M Pesach Sheina Swieciany 1925 Swieciany Wounded in a battle with the Germans & died of his wounds at the base. Fled with a group of young people to the Heiduczishki forests & from there to the Kazian & Narocz forests; served in the Tchapaeiv Brigade & then in the Kostas Kalinoaskas Brigade; served as a machine gunner & saboteur; participated in sabotage missions against army positions; in ambushes & in battles against fortified military positions; cited with praise for covering the retreat of his colleagues. 175
RUDNICKI Josef M Vilna In a battle against members of the SS, he tried to save a wounded colleague & was killed. Kazian forests 1943 Fled from the Ghetto & joined the Spartak Brigade in the Kazian forests. 176
RUDNICKI Meir M School principal - advanced degree in history Avraham Rivkah Nowogrodek 1912 Nowogrodek Murdered along with 2 other Jews by drunken Russian partisans. Nowogrodek 23.02.1943 His brother Dr. Jakov RUDNICKI, Dr. BERKMAN Went with the group of Dr. Berkman to the forests; they contacted the partisans of Antonov; participated in acts of sabotage, burning bridges & ambushes. 176
RUDNIK Eliezer M Sewer of shoes Shmuel Ayzik Golda Radoszkowice 1924 Radoszkowice Fell in the last search (by enemy) in the forest. Polock-Borisow forests 06.1944 Escaped from the Ghetto with a group of young people; joined the Ponamarnko Brigade; participated in the great battles that they carried out together with the Red Army. 176
RUDNIKIER Daniel M Notions salesperson Rudnik 1916 Rudnik After a sabotage mission, he entered a farmer's house; he was informed on & Germans came; killed in the battle. 11.1942 Meir SOSNA Went to the Rudniki forest from the Kolki Ghetto & joined a Jewish partisan group; participated in acts of revenge; equipment gathering missions & ambushes. 176
RUDNER Chaim M Nowogrodek Lodz Fell on the day the Bialystok Ghetto uprising broke out. Bialystok 16.08.1943 A member of the fighting organization in the Bialystok Ghetto. 177
RUDERMAN Jakow Leib M Dunilowicze 1924 Dunilowicze Fell in battle. 19.05.1944 His brother Szepsel RUDERMAN, his sister Ita RUDERMAN, his sister & brother-in-law Brajna & Josl JASUN Escaped to the forests & joined the Maroko sabotage unit; participated in derailing trains, dynamiting railroad tracks, acts of sabotage, confiscation & capturing German prisoners; awarded citation of merit by the command headquarters; there is a photograph. 177
RUDERMAN Israel M Fell in battle with the Germans. Near Bovrova 08.1942 Partisan in the Narodny Mastital Brigade in the Malinowka forests. 177
RAWEC Hersz M Zdzieciol 1920 Zdzieciol Killed by Germans who attacked the guard group of which he was a member. Left the Zdzieciol Ghetto & joined the Bourba Brigade in the Lipczanska forests. 177
ROZANSKI Meir M Molczadz 1925 While a solider in the Red Army, attacked by an armed group of fascists who killed him. Bialolozy in the area of Kozlowszczyzna Jankel [Jakow] ZYNGERMAISTER Escaped from the Dworzec Ghetto to the Naliboki forest & joined the Kalinin Brigade; participated in the group's operations. 177
ROZANSKI Mosze M Baranowicze 1909 Baranowicze Fell in service with the Red Army. Near Lapy 1944 A member of the underground in the Baranowicze Ghetto; fled to the forest & joined the Orlovski Brigade & later the Sokhorokov Brigade; participated in many battles. 177
RUZANSKI Mosze M Kovno Fell into the hands of the Gestapo, tortured to death. Augustova forests 10.1943 A member of the Kovno underground organization. 177
ROZIEWICZ Maks M Vilna Fell in an ambush by White Poles. Fled from the Vilna Ghetto to the Rudniki forests; joined the Bourba Brigade. 177
ROZOW Israel M Vilna 1912 Vilna Fell in a clash with Germans. Narocz forest 1944 Matitjahu LEWIN A member of the PPA organization in the Vilna Ghetto; left the Ghetto & joined the Bourba Brigade in the Rudniki forests; was involved in carrying out sabotage missions in Vilna by cutting off the supply of water & electricity to the city. 178
ROZET Dora F Glebokie She fell in battle. Uszaczy forests 05.1944 Her uncle DR. LEKACH Left the Ghetto for the forests; at first was in the Patroshenko Brigade & afterwards in the Oktiover Brigade. 178
ROZIN Abraham M Kovno Fell in an action against retreating Germans. Close to liberation A member of the Ghetto underground; escaped to the Kazlo-Ruda forest & joined the Korczagin group. 178
ROZENBLAT Sara F Bialystok She fell in the Ghetto uprising. Bialystok 08.1943 She was a member of the Jewish fighting group in Bialystok; excelled in acts of bravery during the first Aktzia. 178
ROZENBLIT Chaim M Married Avraham Pesya Maszow near Luboml Maszow near Luboml Fell in Israel's War of Independence. The Tzemach police station 18.05.1948 Fled to the forests & joined the partisans; after liberation, joined the Red Army; was an illegal immigrant to Eretz Yisrael; lived at Kibbutz Kinneret; was in charge of the position at the Tzemach police station. 178
ROZENBERG Ruwen Ruvczik M Accountant Suchowola 1921 Suchowola Fell on the day of the Ghetto uprising when he was ordered to carry out the mission to dynamite the Judenrat building. Bialystok Returned to Bialystok during the war; among the organizers of the Dror underground; active in the Jewish fighters organization; smuggled weapons to the Ghetto & made hand grenades; appointed commander of the 3rd quarter. 178
ROSENBERG Szlomo M Borszczow Killed a Ukrainian policeman; the Germans carried out a search killing many Jews including him. Wolkowysk forests Escaped to the Wolkowysk forests. 179
ROSENHAJM Mendel M 1908 On his way to obtain weapons, encounted Germans & people from the Vlasov army; killed in the battle that followed. In the area of Maszuki Dominik ISAK Stole weapons from the Germans & smuggled them into the forced labor camp; fled with his colleagues to the Orlyk forest; joined the Zhukov Brigade; was a machine gunner; brought young people from Baranowicze to the forest; participated in ambushes; attacks on fortified positions & dynamiting trains; participated in liberating Jews from the Swierzen forced labor camp; wounded in a battle with the Germans; recuperated & returned to active duty; participated in the wiping out of a police position. 179
ROZNOWICZ Cwi M Pultusk 1920 On his way to get weapons, encountered Germans & Vlasov followers; killed in the battle that followed. Near Godlaki in the area of the Rudniki forests Mosze Henoch WILKOMIRSKI A member of the Vilna Ghetto underground; made intial contact with Soviet paratroopers; fled to the Nacza forests & joined the Kotozov Brigade; participated in derailing trains; burning bridges, setting up ambushes against Germans; smuggling young people from the Ghetto to the forests; it is likely that the family name was ROZNOWICZ. 179
ROSENWASER Mieczyslaw M Fell in battle. 1944 A partisan in Unit 51 of the Shachurs Brigade that operated in the Wilcze-Nory forests. 180
ROZENZON Chaim M Sewer of shoes David Golda Kurow 1913 Trokhinbrod/Zofjowka Went out on a sabotage mission with colleagues; on their way back, surrounded by Germans; all fell in the battle. In the area of Zagajnik Daniel RUDNIKER He warned the Jews in the Ghetto of Trochenbrod/Zofjowka of their pending destruction; chosen for the committee that was responsible for organizing a partisan unit; went to the forest & was a member of the commanding staff of the Jewish military company; participated in acts of sabotage; acts of revenge; gathering information on obtaining weapons; joined Russian saboteurs with a colleague & was involved in acts of sabotage; there is a photograph. 180
ROSENTAL Icchak M Olki 1926 Dereczyn Killed when handing shell to his gunner colleague. In the area of Kozlowszczyzna 05.09.1942 Dr. ATLAS On the night after the Ghetto was liquidated fled to the forest & joined the military company of Dr. Atlas; was the liason between the brigade & the division; participated in the campaigns of the company. 180
ROSENTAL Mosze Kashalik M Warsaw 1912 Warsaw Was on his way to explode a sawmill; caught by the Germans, sought to escape, was shot & killed. Baranowicze Niuma JOSELEWICZ, Eliezer LIDOWSKI Among the first people to escape to the forest; joined the Pogatchov Brigade; brought people out from the Ghetto to the forest; participated in sabotage missions. 180
ROZNICKI Jasza M Vilna In an attack on an armed German garrison, remained behind to save his colleague; fought with the Germans, escaped & was killed. In the area of the Kazian forests A partisan in the Spartak Brigade in the Kazian forests; it is likely that the family name was RUDNICKI. 181
ROSENFELD Nachum M Sisczina in the area of Kamen Kashirskiy Fell in battle. A partisan in Shachurs Brigade. 181
ROSENCWAJG M Lodz Killed by anti-Semites before he managed to join the Jewish partisan unit. The area of Nieswiez Was in the Nieswiez Ghetto; escaped from the Ghetto & joined the Markhwinski Brigade. 181
ROSENCWAJG Israel M Married Physician Kielce 1911 Warsaw After his Aliyah to Eretz Yisrael, served as a military district physician; died from a serious illness. Haifa District 07.05.1954 BULAK Treated Russian prisoners of war in the Dereczyn hospital & helped them escape to the forest; after the Ghetto was liquidated, fled to the forest; the only doctor when the hospital in the Lipczanska forests opened; transferred to the Voroshilov Brigade; after the war left Russia via Italy to come on Aliyah; served as district army doctor; there is a photograph. 181
ROJAK Siome M Baranowicze 1923 Killed with his colleagues by Russian partisans who attacked the Jewish group. Polesie forests GRIN Partisan in the Pogatchov Brigade in the Polesie forests; later, all the Jews joined the Malink group as a separate group. 181
ROJTMAN M Lodz 1912 Lodz Shot by commanding officer on the claim that he fell asleep on guard duty; his colleagues did not believe the commanding officer. 9 Av 5703/1943 A partisan in the Balteiacz Brigade. 182
ROCHCZYN Icchak M Zev Perl Lakhwa 1915 Lakhwa In the Ghetto uprising brought people out of the Ghetto; fought the Germans with an axe; was shot & killed. River in Lachwa Elijahu SZECHTMAN, LOPATIN Among the organizers of the anti-Nazi underground in Lachwa; supported the burning of the Ghetto; deeply involved in helping people escape to the forests. 182
ROMANOWSKI Meir M Pharmacist assistant Molczadz 1921 Bakzst Fell with his colleagues as they returned from mining a railroad track. In the area of Juraciszki 01.05.1943 Brought to the Iwie Ghetto; on the day of the massacre fled with colleagues of the underground organization to a bunker in the Morin forest; later fled to the Naliboki forests & joined the Alexander Nevsky Brigade. 182
ROSA M Shot on order of his commanding officer after he was found with foreign currency. A partisan in Unit 51 of the Shachurs Brigade. 182
REZNICKI Dawid M Zoludek 1910 Zoludek Came on Aliyah & died during surgery. Israel 1964 Tuwia BIELSKI Was taken to the Lida Ghetto; escaped from the Ghetto & joined the fighting group of Bielski in the Nowogrodek forests; after the mass hunt [of partisans], transferred to the Ordzhnikidzha Brigade; appointed company commander; participated in ambushes of garrisons; battles against White Poles; obtaining supplies & helping the family camp; after liberation came on Aliyah. 182
REZNIK Mosze M Sofer - scribe for Torahs; owner of flour mill Mir 1889 Mir Came on Aliyah & died in Israel. Israel 1960 His son Israel REZNIK Fled to the forests; participated in battles & in obtaining supplies; instructed others on the use of weapons; joined the Kalinin Brigade; came on Aliyah & resumed his profession of ST"M scribe; there is a photograph. 183
REZNIK Israel M Moshe Mir Killed in the forests. His father Mosze REZNIK Partisan; it was decided to include him in the list based on his father Mosze's listing & on the basis of the photograph; there is a photograph. 183
RETACH Awraham M Swojatycze 1895 Became ill after a mission; died because there was no doctor or medications. 1943 Roamed in the forests until he joined the Shitov Brigade; active in the housekeeping detail. 183
RYBAK Chaja F Poryck 1915 Vilna There are 2 versions: (1) was absent from the factory where she worked & was shot; (2) fell in battle in the bunker. Bialystok 1943 Elijahu (Edek) BURAKS She got to Bialystok in the beginning of the war; active in the underground; regularly left the bunker for missions. 183
REIDER Mordechaj Matwei M Poworsk 1922 Poworsk Murdered by a nationalist gang. In the area of Rowne After liberation Left the Ghetto with his colleagues & got to the Lubarka forests; transferred to the Kruk Brigade; participated in battles; derailing trains; after liberation inducted into the Red Army & worked in clearing the remnants of gangs. 183
REISNER Leib M Grodno Fell in the Ghetto uprising. Bialystok 08.1943 Active in the fighters organization in the Bialystok Ghetto. 184
REITOWICZ Dawid M Baranowicze 1923 Baranowicze Was on his way from Germany to Eretz Yisrael & was killed in a road accident. Munich After liberation Escaped to the forests in the area of Baranowicze; at first active in the Mischa Siayin Brigade & afterwards in the Sokhorokov Brigade in the Polesie forests; after liberation inducted into the Red Army. 184
REITAR Pesach M Yosef Trojanowka 1926 Worked in a workshop making mines for the brigade; a shell that came apart caused his death. 07.1943 Got to the forest & joined the Kruk Brigade; worked in the mine producing workshop of the Brigade. 184
REICH Gronia Salia F Married Nurse Warsaw 1920 Warsaw In the time of a seige, she encountered the German guards; fought with them & was killed. In the area of the Lipczanska forest 12.12.1942 Josef WAGMEISTER, Hirshel (Cwi) KAPLINSKI Fled to Dereczyn with her husband & infant daughter; escaped to the forest & at first joined the Poveida Brigade & later the Kaplinski Unit of the Bourba Brigade; always served as nurse & aided fighters in battles. 184
REICHEL Leib M 1909 Fell in service with the Red Army. Latvia 16.08.1944 Left the Kazian Ghetto for the forest; among the organizers of the family camp; partisan in the Spartak Brigade; very highly thought of; after liberation, volunteered for the Red Army. 184
REICHMAN Mosze M Kovno In a battle with an armed position was in the group blocking the position; was killed in the battle. Waczwrishki on the road leading to Jasionowo A member of the Ghetto underground; left for the Rudniki forests & joined the Vlados Baronas Brigade. 184
REINHOLD Icchak Izyo M Brody Wounded in a mission that attacked the national bank; was shot in his attempt to escape with his colleagues. Brody 13.05.1943 Active member of the Jewish fighters organization in Brody. 184
REINER Icchak M Dov Shoshana Stanislawow 1930 Stanislawow Fought in Israel's War of Independence; wounded in Ramle battle; stabbed in his back & died. Ramle 02.06.1948 At the time of the Aktzia in the Ghetto, jumped from the 3rd floor, injured but escaped from the Ghetto; joined the partisans; after the war arrived in Eretz Yisrael with his father; joined Etzel (Irgun); participated in actions against the British; took part in the defense of Tel Aviv; participated in the capture of Jaffa & Ramle. 185
RING Natan M Poland 1917 Poland Left the Vilna Ghetto in order to hide his mother; accused of connections with the Gestapo & shot. In the area of the Rudniki forests Jechiel SZEJNBOJM, Itzik WITENBERG; Came from Poland to Vilna; commanded the police in Quarter 1 of the Ghetto; smuggled weapons into the Ghetto; helped in getting people to the forests; went to the Rudniki forests & joined the Mastital Brigade; participated in the destruction of telegraph poles & in setting up road-blocks. 185
RIER Chaim M Ilja Ilja Seriously wounded in an attack on the Germans; he caused his own death. Kascziniwicz Among the very few who succeeded in escaping from the Ghetto; joined the Nokem (Revenge) Brigade in the Naliboki forests. 185
RAKOWSKI Abraham Avrahamka M Nowogrodek Nowogrodek Fell in service with the Red Army. Berlin 05.1945 KRULFELD Was incarcerated in the Ghetto courthouse; had a radio & spread the news that was broadcast; together with his colleagues, dug a tunnel that they used to escape to the forest; joined a Russian partisan group; after liberation inducted into the Red Army; after his death was awarded a certificate of excellence from the Red Army. 185
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SZABRINSKI Meir M Married Sielec in the area of Grodno 1890 Sielec in the area of Grodno In wake of the capture of the contact person (a woman); was arrested, tortured & executed. Kartuska-Bereza 06.1942 Dora HEFLICH At the time of the [German] conquest sent to the Kartuska-Bereza forced labor camp; made contact with partisans & supplied them with information on the Germans; there is a photograph. 186
SZEW Jakow M Tuczyn On his way to a mission, was murdered with 2 other Jewish partisans by Russian partisans. Jehoszua GERSZFELD, KRULFELD, Abram WINICER Partisan in the Tchapaeiv Brigade. 186
SZAJAK Gedalia M Lubicz Lubicz Participated in the Ghetto uprising; fought for 7 days; his bunker was discovered & he was executed. Bialystok 08.1943 RAUBCZIK Member of the Grodno hachshara (pioneer training for Eretz Yisrael); from there he got to Bialystok via Vilna; he served in the Judenrat police against his will; he stole weapons from the German warehouse. 186
SZACHNES Cyla F Bialystok She fell during the Ghetto uprising. Bialystok 02.1943 Elijahu (Edek) BURAKS She was a member of the Ghetto underground in Bialystok. 186
SZAMES Israel M Zaluzhe 1917 Zaluzhe On their way to fulfill an assignment fell by the hands of Germans & Vlasov army. Stolin forests 01.1943 At the time of the German conquest was in the Kamen Kashirskiy Ghetto; fled from the Ghetto to the forest; was armed & trained young people from the Ghetto; joined the Kutozov Brigade; participated in battles & in burning grain storehouses. 186
SZANES Jerachmiel M Factory worker Glebokie 1918 Glebokie Murdered by the sons of the head of the Judenrat in Glebokie. Glebokie Zalman FRIDMAN Fled from the Ghetto & joined the Mastital Brigade; participated in the campaigns of the Brigade; brought young people from the Ghetto to the forest. 187
SZAFRANSKI Chaim M 1926 Szczuczyn Fell in service with the Red Army. After liberation David BARANCZUK Fled to the village of Sharshni; accepted (with difficulty) into the Bourba Brigade; later transferred to the Krasno-Gwardiski Brigade; proved himself to be courageous; participated in ambushes; attacking police positions; received commendations & was candidate for mark of excellence; after liberation inducted into the Red Army. 187
SZARI Israel M Married Tailor Kalisz 1915 Three versions: (1) in an attack on Germans; (2) covering a retreat; (3) a one on one struggle. 13.04.1943 A soldier in the Polish army; fled from captivity & got to Baranowicze; fled from the Ghetto & got to the Czorny Brigade & from there to the Pogatchov Brigade; was a scout; wounded in one mission but returned to active duty. 187
SZARFSZTEJN Naftali M Poland Fell in battle. 1944 At the outbreak of the war got to Zofjowka; after the mass murder of the Zofjowka Jews, joined a Jewish unit, this after he armed himself; with his colleages joined the Kovpak Division; participated in battles & in sabotage activities. 187
SZEWACHOWICZ Masza F Dov Chaya Lida 1924 Lida She was caring for wounded in the house of a farmer; he called the police who came & killed them all. In the area of the Zaslaw forest 26.08.1943 BIELSKI A member of the Lida Ghetto underground; escaped from the Ghetto with her family; joined the Iskra Brigade; served as a nurse; there is a photograph. 188
SZWORIN Cwi M Lakhwa 1926 Lakhwa Fell in service with the Red Army. After liberation Fled with his father to the forests; a scout for the Kovpak Division; after liberation, inducted into the Red Army. 188
SZEWACH Israel M Vilna 1918 Vilna He was not relieved on guard duty; knew that there was no other assigned guard; fell asleep, punished & shot. BIELSKI After the mass murder in the Vilna Ghetto, fled to the Lida Ghetto & from there to the forest to the Bielski Brigade & afterwards in the Alexander Nevsky Brigade; participated in attacks on armed garrisons & derailing trains; brought young people from the Lida Ghetto to the forest; candidate to receive the War of the Homeland, Level B commendation. 188
SZEWACHOWICZ Ajzik M Grodno 1923 On its way to an assignment, his group caught in an ambush by White Poles. Near Kaminka 06.1943 Got to the Lida-Nowogrodek forests & joined the Iskra Brigade; involved in derailing trains. 188
SZEWEC Cadok M Postawy 1907 Fell in the time of the seige. The Kotlowce forests 09.1943 Joined the partisans in the Kotlowce forests; seriously wounded but returned to active duty as soon as he recuperated. 188
SZEWCZYK Krepl M Slonim After killing a Russian partisan who insulted him because he was a Jew, he killed himself. Partisan in Unit 51 of the Shachurs Brigade. 188
SZWEC Rozka F Baranowicze 1922 Her unit was caught in a German ambush; she was wounded & captured; she killed herself to prevent being interrogated. In the area of Stalin Partisan in the Brigade of Captain Czorny. 189
SZWARC M Vilna Was in a group sent to transport weapons; came across White Poles & killed in the battle that followed. In the area of the Narocz forests Partisan in the Jewish brigade Ma'avak (Struggle) that was active in the Rudniki forests. 189
SZWARC Chaim M Avraham Abba Swierzen 1902 Swierzen Died of a malignant disease. Germany After liberation Fled from the Ghetto in his town to the Kopyl forests & joined the Zhukov Brigade. 189
SZWARC Liba F Kovno She was part of a group that left the Ghetto for the forest; caught in a German ambush. Wilwa bridge 14.04.1944 She was a member of the Kovno underground; stole weapons & brought them to the Ghetto; was liason between the Jewish underground & the Lithuanian anti-fascists in the city. 189
SZWARC Lejb M Killed by non-Jewish partisans who stole their weapons. In the area of Bialystok Jehudit NOWOGRODZKA Partisan in the Jewish Unit that operated in the area of Bialystok. 189
SZWARC Szejndl F Kowel 1920 Kowel Perished while she was in the underground. In the area of Volhyn 11.1943 Icchak GOLOBNER, David EIZENBERG, Rachel FOGELMAN, Lea FISZ She was very active in the Young Pioneers; escaped from the prison in Luck when the Germans entered; active in the underground during the Nazi occupation. 189
SZWARCBAUM Josef M Borszczow Fell in a battle with Germans who surrounded their base. Borszczow 1943 Member of the headquarters command in the Ghetto; stole weapons from the Germans & smuggled them into the Ghetto; went to the forest & joined the group known as the Borszczow Gang; participated in acts of sabotage & revenge against collaborators. 190
SZWIRANSKI M Horodyszcze 1895 Fell in service with the Red Army. Lapy After liberation Partisan in the Lazi Brigade; participated in battle activities & housekeeping operations; awarded citations of praise. 190
SZWIRSKI Mosze Muziko M Married Owner of shoe store Oshmyany 1909 Ivenets Fell when his unit carried out an attack on police. Naliboki BIELSKI His entire family was murdered; taken to a forced labor camp; overcame the guard & escaped to the forest & joined the Bielski Brigade & later the Simiyoniv Brigade; awarded citation of praise. 190
SZOCHET Abraham M Barzna 1906 Barzna Fell when fullfilling his duty. Fled to the forests & joined the Medvedev Brigade; participated in the activities of the Brigade; took revenge on & liquidated murderers of Jews. 190
SZULMAN Awraham Kopel M Nieka 1921 Fell in service with the Red Army. Germany After liberation Got to the forest & joined the Malnikov Brigade; served in the sabotage unit; derailed loaded trains; received the commendation War of the Homeland, Grade 1. 190
SZULMAN Benjamin M Kurzeniec 1924 Kurzeniec Led a group of saboteurs on an assignment & were caught in an ambush. On the lake in the area of Vilna-Vitebsk Icchak AJNBINDER, Nahum ALPEROWICZ Succeeded in organizing the acqusition of weapons into the Ghetto from Russian partisans; participated in the dynamiting of the bridge near Kurzeniec; part of group that went behind enemy lines; after completing sabotage training school, parachuted into the area of Vitebsk. 190
SZULMAN Israel M Nieka (near Kurzeniec) 1923 His group was surounded by Germans; was wounded & since he could not escape, killed himself with a hand grenade. 05.1944 Commanding officer of the sabotage unit of the Malnikov Brigade; supervised the blowing up of cars, trains & railroad bridge. 191
SZULMAN Chiena F Dolhinov 1917 Fell when the Germans attacked his unit. Puczvicz near Homel 08.1942 She was a partisan in the Mastital Brigade in the area of the Plashn 191
SZULMAN Mosze M Molodeczno 1908 Provided cover to his retreating unit in battle with the Germans; was killed in the battle. Mazhna 03.04.1943 One of the first members of the Voroshilov Brigade; served as a platoon commander.
SZULMAN Kopel M Nieka (near Kurzeniec) 1905 Fell in the last pursuit of the partisans. Uszaczy forests 05.1944 A machine gunner in the Malnikov Brigade. 191
SZULMAN Szmuel Jicchak M Nieka 1925 Fell in service with the Red Army. East Prussia After liberation A partisan in the Malnikov Brigade; excelled in planting mines & in sabotage; participated in derailing trains; blowing up tanks & cars; involved n capturing Germans; awarded the following commendations - Krasniaya Zanamiya, Krasniaya Zweizda & Slawa, Grade 3. 191
SZULKIN Chaja F Dolhinov 1919 Dolhinov On a patrol she was caught in a German ambush; hit by a bullet while trying to escape. Chocienczyce 09.1942 When the Jews in his town were forced into the Ghetto fled to the village; afterwards got to the Lezhnik forest & joined the Mastital Brigade; participated in battles & patrols. 191
SZULKIN Lew M Homel Homel Arrested by the Germans; was shot when he did not answer their questions . Homel 1941 A member of the underground in his town. 191
SZULKIS F Lodz She fell when police attacked their base. Wilcze-Nory forests 20.01.1943 Partisan in the Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade. 192
SZUMANSKI M Dworzec His group went out on an econimic mission; they were cut off & encountered Germans; killed in the ensuing battle. Molczadz His brother Chaim SZUMANSKI, BIELSKI Partisan in the Kalinin Brigade. 192
SZUMANSKI Chaim M Dworzec 1922 Dworzec Participated in an attack on a stronghold; on the return entered a farmer's house; Germans were called & he was killed. Dopropole His brother, BIELSKI A fighter in the Kalinin Brigade. 192
SZUSTER Awraham M Dolhinov 1922 Dolhinov Killed during a German pursuit. Kochanowicze 09.1943 Fled from the Ghetto to the area forests; completed the partisan course for saboteurs; parachuted into the the Vitebsk area; participated in sabotage actions. 192
SZUSTER Wolf M Kovno Caught by the Gestapo; tortured & executed. In the area of Kovno A member of the underground in the Ghetto; participated in the march to the Augustova forests. 192
SZUSTER Chaim M Hadas Ejszyszki Ejszyszki Fell when his unit attacked a garrison. Naliboki 11.1942 Escaped to Zdzieciol; staff member of the Ghetto underground organization; fled to the forests & joined the Orliyanski Brigade in the Naliboki forests; because of hatred of Jews went to the Naliboki forests. 192
SZUSTER Josef M Glina 1906 Fell in battle with the Germans. Delatyn eastern Galicia 1943 At the time of the Nazi conquest was in the Berezow Ghetto; with the liquidation of the Ghetto joined the Kovpak Division; participated in the Division's battles & marches. 192
SZUSTER Cwi M Shimon Pesel Mir 1923 Mir Came on Aliyah & killed in the War of Independence. The Jenin front in War of Independence 10.07.1948 Fled from the Ghetto & joined the Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade; filled many dangerous positions; after the battles returned to Poland and via Bavaria made Aliyah to Eretz Yisrael; joined Kibbutz Mesilot; member of the Haganah & fought in the War of Independence; there is a photograph. 192
SZUSTER Szamaj Shama Siyoma M Carpenter Pinsk 1916 Pinsk Caught by police trick; taken to the Gestapo; seriously tortured; taken out to the streets & murdered. Horodyszcze Completed a saboteur training course in Moscow & crossed enemy lines; got to the Naliboki forests; was in the formation group of the May 1 Brigade; participated in brigade's actions; candidate to receive the commendations Krasniaya Zweizda, Krasniaya Zanamiya, Slawa & Partisan of the War of the Homeland, Grade 1. 193
SZUSTEROWICZ Zalman M Slonim 1920 Slonim Stabbed to death by a Russian partisan who falsely accused him. Wilcze-Nory 22.03.1943 Abram BUBLIACKI Among the organizers of the Slonim underground; smuggled weapon parts to the underground; escaped from a train on the way to a forced labor camp; escaped from the Ghetto to Wilcze-Nory; joined Unit 51 of the Shachurs Brigade. 193
SZUSTERMAN Israel M Nieswiez Killed by the Germans on the day of the Ghetto uprising. Nieswiez 21.07.1942 A member of the Nieswiez Ghetto underground. 193
SZURMUK Aba M 1924 Murdered by Ukrainians who disguised themselves as Jews. In the area of Berezne 04.1943 Escaped from the Berezne Ghetto to the area forests & joined the Medvedev Brigade; served as a scout. 193
SZURSZOK Jakob M 1918 Fell in battle. In the area of Kowel 1944 Escaped from the Berezne Ghetto to the area forests & joined the Medvedev Brigade; participated in battles even after he was wounded. 193
SZTADLER Beniamin M Ludwipole (or Rokitno) 1903 Ludwipole (or Rokitno) On returning from a patrol came across a German ambush & was killed. Escaped to the Volhyn forests & joined the Zha Rodino Brigade; participated in battles & ambushes; took part in liquidating a garrision of Ukrainian nationalists & in mining roads; candidate to receive the Red Star commendation & the medal Partisan of the War of the Homeland; the family name was most likely SZTADLAN. 193
SZTADLER Michal M Ludwipole 1924 Ludwipole Killed by a member of the Soviet militia. 1944 At the time of the Ghetto massacre, escaped; in the forest joined the Starina Brigade; initiated acts of sabotage & spying; the family name was most likely SZTADLAN. 194
SZTARKMAN Mosze M Ivenets Fell in battle. 1942 Meior Pinchas SLONIM, Dawid LIPSZYC, Muma [Mordechai] CZORNE Fled to Nowogrodek & from there to the forest; member of an independent partisan unit. 194
SZTEJN Erich M Married Frankfurt 1918 Lodz On returning from a mission of derailing trains, the group encountered a German ambush & he was killed. In the area of the Baranowicze-Luniniec train line At the beginning of the war fled from Poland & settled in Slonim; worked in the German weapons warehouse; hid large amounts of weapons & helped arm Unit 51 of the Shachurs Brigade - which he later joined; excelled as a sniper; participated in many battles & in derailing trains; recommended to be awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. 194
SZTEJN Gusta F University student Brody She was murdered by the Germans. She was among the first members of the Jewish fighters organization in Brody; went to the forest; transmitted information on the success of the Jewish partisans to the fighters in Brody. 194
SZTEJN Dawid M Molczadz Went on a supply gathering mission; his group encountered a German force; was killed in ensuing battle. BIELSKI Escaped from the Dworzec forced labor camp & joined the Kalinin Brigade. 195
SZTEJN Tonia F Molodeczno She was executed by the partisans on the false accusation that she fell asleep on guard duty. She escaped to the forest from the Krasna Ghetto & joined the Staritzki Brigade. 195
SZTEJNBERG Chaim M Ilja Ilja Fell when he & his colleagues ambushed a German convoy. The Molodeczno-Wilejka road Escaped from the Ghetto with a group of young people; organized an independent partisan group; because of the lack of weapons were not admitted into Russian units. 195
SZTEJNBERG Meir M Mizhinets When on his way with colleagues on a food gathering mission for the hospital, they were ambushed & he was killed. In the area of Dereczyn 25.08.1942 Awraham Mordechaj KRIGER Escaped to the forests in the area of Dereczyn & joined the Bulak Brigade; was in charge of supplying food for the Brigade's hospital. 195
SZTEJNDL Szabtaj Szepsel M Meir Rokitno 1925 Rokitno His commander had him executed on false charges. Escaped from the Ghetto & joined the Kovpak Division; was a skilled saboteur. 195
SZTEPER Nachman M Bialystok Fell in the uprising. Bialystok 16.08.1943 A member of the Ghetto underground. 195
SZTRAUSBERG Jakow M Kovno Caught by the Gestapo & executed. Kovno A member of the Ghetto underground; participated in the march to the Augustova forests. 195
SZTRASBERG Chaja F Sales clerk, seamstress Grajewo Grajewo At the time of the uprising, caught in a bunker; she was shot in the street & died. Bialystok 15.08.1943 She got to Bialystok & was a member of the Jewish fighters organziation; she smuggled weapons into the Ghetto; at the time of the uprising she was the contact person between the groups of fighters; she commanded a unit of fighters. 195
SZTERN Mordechaj M Kovno Was on a scouting mission with colleagues; came across police & killed in ensuing battle. Between Janova & Wilkomir 1943 Was in the Ghetto underground; among the group of scouts who went to the Janova forests. 196
SZICHER Mordechaj M Asher Malka Koretz 1922 Koretz Fell in a battle with a gang of Ukrainian fascists. 1943 Before the mass murder in Korzec escaped to the area forests; a saboteur in the Shitov group & later in the Kovpak Division; took revenge on collaborators & participated in the blowing up of refineries. 196
SZEJNBOJM Jechiel Ilja M Pinchas Zlata Odessa 1914 Koval Fought with the Germans who came to take him from his house; killed in the battle that followed. Vilna,12 Strashun St. 09.1943 In the framework of his work with the Young Pioneer movement, got to Vilna; supported leaving for the forest; smuggled weapons into the Ghetto; established an underground anti-German movement that was called by his name "The Jechiel Movement;" brought young people to the forest; remained in the Ghetto to stay with the last members of his group. 196
SZEJNBOJM Mosze M Malynsk 1910 Malynsk His unit came across a German force; a fierce battle ensued & he was killed. In the area of Bober-Wronki BABARIN Escaped from the Ghetto to the Kostopol forests; together with other young people, organized into a group that was absorbed into the Medvedev Brigade; participated in battles; the family name was probably SZEJNBAJN. 197
SZEJNBAJN Zalmen M Cattle dealer Zofjowka 1916 Zofjowka Caught in a German ambush; he was wounded & fell into their hands; he was hanged in the village. In the area of Tarnopol Joined the Kovpak Division. 197
SILOWICKI M Caught with colleagues as he tried to escape from the Ghetto to the forest via the tunnel. Vilna Member of the underground in the HKP camp in Vilna. 197
SILOWICKI Sonia F Zdzieciol 1918 Zdzieciol She was caught in a German ambush during the chase (hunt) & shot. Lipczanska forest, next to the ? of Korshok 12.1942 Her sister Fruma, her brothers Azriel & Yisrael She escaped with her family to the Lipczanska forests; joined the Kaplinski group & afterwards the Orliyanski Bourba Brigade. 197
SILOWICKI Fruma F Zdzieciol 1916 Zdzieciol She was caught in a German ambush during the chase (hunt) & fell. Lipczanska forest Her sister Sonia, her brothers Azriel & Yisrael She escaped with her family to the Lipczanska forests; joined the Kaplinski group & afterwards the Orliyanski Bourba Brigade where she served as a cook. 197
SZYMANOWICZ M Mir 1923 Mir She was killed in the attempt to break out of seige by a Belorussian force. Near Korshinovicz Partisan in the Lazu Brigade; participated in battles & received a number of citations of praise. 197
SZYMANOWICZ Aron M Turzec 1924 Turzec Shot by a German guard when he was planting a mine on a railroad track. In the area of Budy 10.03.1944 Taken with the remnants of the Ghetto to the Swierzen forced labor camp; escaped from the camp & joined the Zhukov Brigade. 197
SZYMANOWICZ Tewel M Rabbi Minsk Minsk Fell in battle to liberate the city. Minsk Adjutant to commander of the company that operated in the Minsk forests; initiated the attack on his town. 198
SZIINDEL Zalmen M Carpenter Ludwipole 1912 Ludwipole Killed in battle. Carpathian Mountains 1943 Partisan in the Kovpak Division; participated in the marches of the division. 198
SINIAWSKI Ester F Baranowicze She was killed when Carmanim (?) attacked the Brigade's base. Polesie forests 13.04.1943 She was a member of the Baranowicze Ghetto underground; left the Ghetto & joined theTchigonkov Brigade; her family name was most likely WISNIAWSKI.
SZYFMANOWICZ Szlomo M Zalocki 1928 Zalocki When the Brigade attacked a garrison, he attacked a bunker, was seriously wounded & died. Ruda Jaworska 02.1944 ALENBERG, Jerechmiel LICHTER On the day of the mass slaughter in his town, fled to Zdzieciol; joined a group of young people who were previously in the Zdzieciol underground; left the Ghetto & got to a unit in the Bourki forests; participated in acts of revenge & helped young people leave Zdzieciol for the forest; after a while got to the Lipczanska forest & was added to the artillery corps; participated in battles; after the German search (hunt) joined the Bourba Brigade serving as a scout. 198
SZYFRIS M Baranowicze 1923 Baranowicze Fell in service with the Red Army. Crossing Narov River, Bialystok front 08.1943 Fled from the Ghetto & joined the Orlovski Brigade & later the Sokhorokov Brigade; participated in battles in both Brigades. 198
SZECHTER Szalom M Skalat 1912 Skalat Fell in battle. Carpathian Mountains in the area of Kolomyja 1943 Escaped with his mother & sister from the Skalat Ghetto; joined the Kovpak Division; got to the Carpathian mountains with the division. 199
SZLAU Mechl M Kuty (in the Stanislawow region) After his group ambushed Germans, were cut off by Germans & killed in ensuing battle. In the area of Stanislawow Was in a partisan unit that numbered 5 fighters; they acquired their weapons after they attacked a carfull of Germans. 199
SZLAJEN Motel M Krosnovka 1930 Krosnovka Went out on a patrol; crawled to inform Soviet officers about the danger & was shot by the Germans. Malin Mosze GILDENMAN (Dyadiya Misza) After his father was executed, escaped to the forest; a group of Jewish partisans adopted him; involved in saur ?(stormy), detective work & sabotage; gathered a great deal of information about the Germans & after he managed to mingle among them, caused the blowing up of an SS club; saved Jewish children & a Russian partisan. 199
SZLAKMAN Chaim M Vilna 1924 Vilna Went on a supply gathering mission; on the way back fire opened on them & he was seriously wounded; captured, tortured & died. In the area of the Rudniki forests Escaped from the Keilis forced labor camp to the Rudniki forests; joined the Zha Poveida Brigade; his personal name was likely Jakow. 199
SZELUBSKI Avigdor Vitya M Accountant Yitzhak Rachel Dereczyn Dereczyn Fell in the last battle against the Germans. The Drawnaya road 09.06.1944 His brother Szlomo SZELUBSKI, his sisters Syma & Feiga SZELUBSKI Fled with his family to the Lipczanska forests; joined the Poveida Brigade; participated in derailing trains & in battles; became ill with typhus; had frostbite in his feet; became an invalid & worked in duties at the base. 200
SZELUBSKI Syma F Dental technician Yitzhak Rachel Dereczyn 1922 Dereczyn Was caring for a Soviet officer in hiding; discovered by members of the Vlasov army; she was shot on the spot. In the area of the Lipczanska forest 28.06.1944 Her brothers Szlomo & Avigdor SZELUBSKI, her sister Feiga SZELUBSKI Fled with her family to the Lipczanska forests & joined the Poveida Brigade; worked as a nurse & was invovled in Brigade missions; awarded citation of merit. 200
SZELUBSKI Feiga Fania F Yitzhak Rachel Dereczyn Dereczyn She & her fellow female colleague were condemned to death on false charges. Lipczanska forest 12.1942 Her brothers Szlomo & Avigdor SZELUBSKI, her sister Syma SZELUBSKI Fled with her family to the Lipczanska forests & joined the Poveida Brigade; participated in the battles of the Brigade. 200
SZELUBSKI Szlomo M Medical student Yitzhak Rachel Dereczyn Dereczyn Fell in the great pursuit while standing next to a cannon. Lipczanska forest 12.1942 His brother Avigdor SZELUBSKI, his sisters Syma & Feiga SZELUBSKI Fled with his family to the Lipczanska forests & joined the Poveida Brigade; participated in battles, sabotage activities, derailed trains, dynamited a dairy & attacks on police; appointed deputy platoon commander. 200
SZLAJFER Chaim Iser M Ludwipole 1909 Ludwipole Went in search of Ukrainian nationalists; critically wounded; shot himself to avoid being taken a prisoner. Sakczina, Rowne District After liberation Fled from the Ghetto & joined the Stalino Brigade; participated in many battles; after liberation, dedicated himself to clearing the area of fascist gangs. 200
SZLAJFSZTAJN Jakow M Baranowicze 1923 Baranowicze Fell in service with the Red Army. The entrance to Zambrow 08.1944 Among the active members of the Ghetto underground; after the 2nd massacre fled to the Hancewicze forests & joined the Orlovski Brigade & later the Lazu Brigade; after liberation enlisted in the Red Army. 201
SZLOMO M Slonim Shot by Belorussian police who attacked the Brigade's base. Wilcze-Nory Partisan in the Sovietskaya Belarus Brigade; not clear if Szlomo was his personal name or family name. 201
SZLENGER Marek M Bialystok Drowned during a march. On the Sofrasl River Member of the staff of the Nowogrodzka fighting group that operated in the area forests. 201
SZELKOWICZ Elijahu M Married Owner of bicycle repair shop Dereczyn 1910 Dereczyn Fell after the battle for Dereczyn. Dereczyn 1942 Fled with his wife & daughters to the Lipczanska forests; joined the Poveida Brigade; in charge of securing provisions & in planning battles. 201
SZELKOWICZ Chaja F Eliyahu Bluma Dereczyn 1925 Dereczyn She was captured with her mother & 2 sisters during the great pursuit; they were all put to death after being tortured. Kozlowszczyzna 12.1942 Fled with his family to the Lipczanska forests & joined the Poveida Brigade. 201
SZELKOWICZ Chaim M Metal worker; welder Dereczyn 1923 Dereczyn Fell in an attack on a military garrison. Dereczyn 10.08.1942 Dr. ATLAS Employed by the Germans in their weapons warehouse; he smuggled weapons from there to the Ghetto; escaped to the Ruda Dobrowszczyna forests & joined the unit of Dr. Atlas in the Poveida Brigade. 201
SZMUL M Glazier He killed the German commander of the labor force & committed suicide. Near the town of Waladnik After his family was murdered, brought to an SS sawmill with his son; his son murdered by the work supervisor; he enabled Jews to escape. 201
SZMULEWICZ Elijahu M Kleck 1925 Kleck Went out on a patrol with another partisan; surrounded by Germans & police; exploded a grenade killing himself. 7 kilometers from Nieswiez 30.04.1944 Fled from the Ghetto to the Kapoli forests & joined the Zhukov Brigade & from there transferred to the Shachurs Brigade; scout in the mounted unit; candidate to receive the Krasniaya Zanamiya citation; it is probable that his personal name was Dawid. 202
SZMUELOW Elijahu Lusiya M Married Chaya Kovno Smuggled weapons into the Ghetto; caught by the Germans; tortured & executed. Kovno His wife Chaya Headed an underground group that called for disregarding German demands; changed his outward appearnce to that of an Aryan; left the Ghetto & joined the leadership of an anti-fascist group; awarded the citation War of the Homeland, Grade A. 202
SZMULEWICZ Malka F Zdzieciol 1926 Zdzieciol She was left together with her female colleague in the forest; captured by the Germans, they were put in a building that they set on fire. Zdzieciol 06.1944 Henia GERCOWSKI She fled the Ghetto after the 2nd massacre for the Lipczanska forests; joined the Bourba Brigade & later the Lenin Brigade; served in the housekeeping division of the unit of Stepan Piotrowicz. 202
SZMULEWICZ Szmuel M Slonim Fell in service with the Red Army. After liberation Partisan in the Lorber Company of the Kruk Brigade. 202
SZMULEWICZ Sara F Zdzieciol 1923 Zdzieciol She fell with her sister during the great pursuit. Lipczanska forest 12.1942 Her sister Sonya, Hirshel (Cwi) KAPLINSKI She escaped from the Ghetto after the massacre to the Lipczanska forests & joined the Company of Hirshel (Cwi) Kaplinski where she served as a nurse. 202
SZMULOWSKI Grisza M University student Moscow 1918 Moscow On the way back from an information gathering mission caught in a German ambush; fell after being shot. Duma forests Misza ZAJCEW Joined a partisan unit whose task was to carry out activities in the Rowne area; parachuted into the brigade's base; participated in the activities of the brigade, in battles, patrols & spying. 202
SZMUKLER Lejb M Merchant Ivye 1924 Ivye Was on a farm that was surrounded by Germans; joined the guards; returned fire & was killed in the battle. Krasneiwa estate 05.01.1943 BIELSKI, Elia BAKSZT Was in contact with a partisan group in the area & he concerned himself with obtaining provisons for it; escaped from the Ghetto & joined the Bielski camp. 203
SZMUSZKIEWICZ Aron M Minsk 1912 Minsk On way back from a mission in the area of Byten caught in German ambush; captured, tortured & executed. Uszaczy Deputy commander in the Red Army; when the army retreated in the beginning of the war, remained in Minsk to organize the underground; left the city for the Staroya-Seilo forest; organized the Pronza Brigade; later joined the Lazu Brigade; after many of the Brigade's members fell, those remaining joined the Kutozov Brigade; participated in dynamiting trains & headed the sabotage unit. 203
SZMID Josef M Pruzany Fell in battle. Fled from the Ghetto to the Bialowieza forests & joined a partisan unit. 203
SZMIDT Sonia F Slonim Slonim She left the Ghetto; on the way to the partisan base, caught in a German ambush; killed in the battle. In the area of Bialystok 16.08.1943 She was among the organizers of the underground in her city; escaped to Bialystok; joined the Jewish fighting unit & took part in the Ghetto uprising. 203
SZYMONOWICZ Mosze M Machinist Shmuel Bilitza 1927 Bilitza Covered his retreating colleagues after attacked by police; hit by fire & killed. Dworzec 1942 Hirshel (Cwi) KAPLINSKI Taken to the Zdzieciol Ghetto; worked as a welder & made weapons for his colleagues & himself; escaped to the Lipczanska forests & joined the Kaplinski Company. 204
SZNAJDER Uszer M Brezhna, Volhyn 1898 Brezhna, Volhyn Executed with his son by partisans of another unit when they were in the village in the morning. Leczyn 1942 His son Rachmiel Escaped from the Ghetto to the forests with his son; after wandering got to the Polkovnik Medvedev Brigade in the Cuman forests. 204
SZNAJDER Rachmiel M Asher 1926 Brezhna, Volhyn Executed with his father by partisans of another unit when they were in the village in the morning. Leczyn 1942 His father Uszer Escaped from the Ghetto to the forests with his father; after wandering got to the Polkovnik Medvedev Brigade in the Cuman forests. 204
SZNAJDER Jicchak M Rowne A Polish "friend" betrayed him to the Gestapo; he fought the Germans, killing 5 of them; he was also killed. Rowne He survived the first massacre in his town & did not return to the Ghetto; hidden by a Polish friend; he had a pistol & hand grenades in his possession. 204
SZNAJDER Lutek M Bilitza He was killed in an attempt to capture fleeing Germans with whom his unit had a battle. In the area of the Narocz forests 06.07.1944 Bencion KAC Was in the Grodno Ghetto at the beginning of the war; when the Ghetto was liquidated he went to the Vilna Ghetto; got to the Narocz forest with a group & joined the Revenge Brigade & later the Komsomolsk Brigade & then the Kalinin Brigade; participated in battles; after the war was sent with colleagues to clear the area of Germans. 204
SZNAJDER Mordechaj M Wysock 1924 Wysock Fell in battle against the German army. In the area of Jelsk-Turow 10.1942 On the day of the massacre fled to the area forests & joined the Kovpak Division. 204
SZPAN Elijahu M Carpenter Chlaby 1914 Killed in a German air attack on the Brigade's base. Cuman forests 1943 Sent by the Germans to the Ludwipole Ghetto; fled from the Ghetto & joined the Medvedev Brigade & later the Smeirt Shpyonam Brigade; served as a scout. 205
SZEPTYNSKI Hercl M Yitzhak Chana Slonim 1923 Slonim Went on a patrol; he & his colleagues were caught in an ambush; he was wounded & killed himself by exploding a hand grenade. 1943 After the massacre went with a group to the Wilcze-Nory forests, joined Unit 51 of the Shachurs Brigade; later the entire group joined the Dzeirzinski Brigade; awarded the Zha Otvago citation. 205
SZEPTYNSKI Chana F Married Shlomo Slonim 1889 Slonim Murdered along with her family by Russian partisans. 1943 Her husband Szlomo She fled with her family from the Slonim Ghetto; in charge of the kitchen of the partisan group from Byten; her maiden name was RAWICKI. 205
SZEPTYNSKI Sonia F Shlomo Chana Slonim 1923 Slonim Murdered along with her family by Russian partisans. 1943 Her parents Chana & Szlomo She fled with her family from the Slonim Ghetto to the Wilcze-Nory forests; joined a fighting group & participated in battle activities. 205
SZEPTYNSKI Fruma Fanja F Nachman Bella Slonim 1915 Slonim She fell during a German attack on her group. In the area of the Wilcze-Nory forest She fled with her family from the Slonim Ghetto to the Wilcze-Nory forests; joined the Tchapaeiv Brigade. 205
SZEPTYNSKI Ruwen M Yitzhak Chana Slonim 1924 Slonim Killed with his parents during a German raid. In the area of the Wilcze-Nory forest 1942 Left the Ghetto with his family on the evening before the massacre; met a contact person who helped him join Unit 51. 205
SZEPTYNSKI Szlomo M Married Lumber merchant Nachman Bella Chana Slonim 1898 Slonim Murdered along with his family by Russian partisans. 1943 His wife Chana, his son Cwi, his daughter Sonia, his brother Icchak Fled with his family on the first day of the massacre; got to the Wilcze-Nory forests & joined a fighting unit & later a group made up of people from Byten. 205
SZEFTEL Szepsel M Married Cattle dealer Yisrael Moshe Feigel Ivye 1918 Ivye Went with colleagues to return stolen Jewish property; Russian partisans attacked & killed them. His son-in-law Eli KAC, Tuwia BIELSKI, Frida WISMINSKI Among the first organizers of the Ghetto underground; escaped with a group of young people (including his wife) to the Morin forest; chosen to lead the group; initiated & carried out acts of revenge against collaborators & murderers of Jews. 206
SZPIGIEL Jakow M Married Student of mathmatics Tomaszow-Mazowiecki 1911 Warsaw Fell in battle against the Germans. Got to Baranowicze at the beginning of the war; attempted to escape, but failed; got to Stolpce where his wife & children were killed; led a group of young people to the Naliboki forests; participated in battles & on attacks on the police. 206
SZPILBERG Dawid M Soshichno, in the region of Kamien Koszyrski Killed in battle. Volhyn forests His brothers Szulim, Jakow, Szmuel & Mendel SZPILBERG, his brothers-in-law Dawid SEGAL & Nachum ROSENFELD Partisan in the Volhyn forests. 206
SZPILBERG Szulim M Soshichno, in the region of Kamien Koszyrski Killed in battle. Volhyn forests His brothers Dawid, Jakow, Szmuel & Mendel SZPILBERG, his brothers-in-law Dawid SEGAL & Nachum ROSENFELD Partisan in the Volhyn forests. 206
SZPILMAN Izrael M Leib Zofjowka 1914 Zofjowka Went out on mission for unit to acquire weapons; all traces of him were lost. In the area of Jozpin 09.1942 Joined a Jewish group that operated in the area of Josypivka; in charge of acquiring weapons. 207
SZPIN Eliijahu Eliash M Berezne 1905 Berezne Accused by his commanding officer of providing a Ukrainian farmer with information; executed. In the area of the Cuman forests 12.1942 His brothers Szymon & Sender Fled from his town to the area forests on the day of the massacre; returned to the Tuczyn Ghetto & from there escaped with his 2 brothers to the Cuman forests & joined the Medvedev Brigade. 207
SZPIN Szymon M Berezne 1906 Berezne Fell in service with the Red Army. Breslau After liberation His brothers Eliijahu & Sender Fled from the Tuczyn Ghetto with his brother to the Cuman forests & joined the Medvedev Brigade; participated in battles of the Brigade; after the war volunteered to serve in the Red Army; there is a photograph. 207
SZPIRO Burka M Yashka Glebokie Glebokie Fell in battle. After the massacre of the Jews of Glebokie, left the Ghetto at the head of a group & got to the Lepel forests; joined a partisan unit & participated in its battles & in derailing trains. 207
SZAPIRO Josef M Married Kovno Kovno On his way to the forest caught in German ambush; he & his wife killed in ensuing battle. In the area of Kovno 14.04.1944 His wife, Aba DISKANT Active in the Ghetto underground organization. 207
SZAPIRO F Married Yosef Kovno Kovno On her way to the forest caught in German ambush; she & her husband killed in ensuing battle. In the area of Kovno 14.04.1944 Her husband Josef, Aba DISKANT She was active in the Ghetto underground organization. 207
SZAPIRO Jechiel M Sipko 1922 Sipko Fell in a combined attack of partisans & a unit of the Red Army. Kowel 02.1944 Fled from the Ghetto & joined the Medvedev Brigade; served as liason between the Brigade & the Kovpak Division; killed a German commissar who murdered Jews. 207
SZPIRO Jerachmiel M Nieka 1912 Nieka Fell in service with the Red Army. Konigsberg After liberation Organized young people to escape from the Ghetto; among the heads of the Markov Division that operated in the Narocz forests; served as commanding officer of saboteurs. 207
SZPIRO Lusik M Student Vilna The German army surrounded the camp where he & his colleagues were; all perished. Vilna A few days before liberation Zelde TREGER, KOLISH Organized the young members of the HKP for resistance; concerned himself with supplying weapons & planning leaving for the forest; initiated the digging of the tunnel in the direction of the Aryan section of the city. 207
SZAPIRA Mosze M Married Merchant Pinsk 1908 Lenin Circumstances of his death are not clear. Sent by the Germans to the Hancewicze forced labor camp; escaped & joined the Komorov Brigade. 208
SZAPIRO Szulim M Postawy He jumped into a bunker to save his wounded commanding officer; was caught, tortured & executed. Kamai 1943 Partisan in the Kalinin Brigade; participated in battles; very concerned with the wellbeing of the family camp. 208
SZAPIRO Szmul M Cattle dealer Lipkowa Was shot & badly wounded by Russian fighters while on an economic mission; died 2 days later. Elchanan MAGID, Aba KOWNER Left the Vilna Ghetto for the Rudniki forests; joined the partisan camp of Aba Kowner; knew both the byways of the city as well as the city leaders. 208
SZPERLING Zan M Kovno Shot by his commanding officer who accused him of cowardice. A member of the underground organization; left the Ghetto & joined the Death to the Conquerors Brigade. 208
SZCZUPAK Mendel M Carpenter Azriel Luba Pultusk 1919 Pultusk Fell in Israel's War of Independence. Beit Daras - 10.06.1948 Escaped from the Ghetto to the Minsk forests & joined a partisan unit; after liberation, returned to Poland & then came on Aliyah to Israel; joined the Haganah; corporal in the Givati Division. 208
SZCZERBATO Joel M Luck On his own initiative crawled past a German position & threw hand grenades; hit by returning fire & killed. Bridge on the Bug River Gad ROZENBLAT Escaped with his family to Rozyszcze; survived on the day of the massacre & fled to the forest; joined skeletal ?? Russians & served as their guide; participated in battles as a gunner & in liberating the Jews of the Skalat forced labor camp; appointed platoon commander of a unit of those liberated from Skalat; seriously wounded in a German bombardment; but recuperated & returned to service. 208
SZKLIAR Jerachmiel M Nieswiez Fell in defending in the Ghetto. Nieswiez 22.07.1942 Active in the Nieswiez Ghetto underground. 209
SZKOLNIK Szmuel M Lida 1923 Lida Fell in battle. In the area of Lida 1944 BIELSKI After his family was murdered in the massacre, fled to the forest & joined the Kalinin Brigade & afterwards a Russian brigade. 209
SZKOLNIKOW Szmuel Chaim M Dworzec 1922 Killed in a farmer's house while on a supply mission. Dopropole BIELSKI, the POLONSKI brothers (Awram, Ruwen) Partisan in the Kalinin Brigade; the family name was probably SZKOLNIKOWICZ. 209
SZKLIAR S. M Lithuania Was in the first group sent to operate in Lithuania; killed in an encounter with police. Lithuania In the beginning of the war withdrew when the Red Army retreated; he was sent to Lithuania to organize a partisan movement & conduct spying & sabotage activities; the family name was probably SZKLIARIS. 209
SZKLAROWSKI Jakow M Lida 1925 Lida Killed by the Russians. Naliboki forest 07.1943 After the massacre in the Ghetto, only he & his father remained alive from their entire family; fled to the Naliboki forests & joined the Kalinin Brigade. 209
SZER M Attempted to escape from the Vilna Ghetto via a tunnel. Vilna A few days before liberation The underground representative in the HKP camp in Vilna. 209
SZRAJBER Fajwel Fadja M Hertz Berezne 15.05.1924 Berezne Commanded a group covering a withdrawl; struck a German tank & he was killed. In the area of Kiev 07.11.1943 Sent by the Germans to Kostopol; on the way escaped to the forest & joined the Medvedev Brigade; served as company commander & promoted to platoon commander; recommended by his superiors to receive the Red Star commendation; there is a photograph. 210
SZERMAN Idl M Kovno Went with a group of fighters to collect weapons that had been parachuted; fell in fulfillment of his task. Naliboki forest Member of the fighting organization in the Kovno Ghetto; went with a group of young people to the Rudniki forests & joined the Death to the Conquerors Brigade. 210
SZERMAN M Went on a mission; when in a farmer's house he was betrayed; in order to escape, he jumped into the river & drowned. GUTKIN Partisan in the Parkhomenko Brigade that operated in the Narocz forests. 210
SZERER Edek M Artist Zamosc (or Wlodzimeizh) Fell in a battle between a unit of partisans & an SS brigade. In the area of Korelicze Sara NASHMIT At the time of the German conquest lived in the Korelicze Ghetto; after the Ghetto was liquidated sent to the Dworzec forced labor camp; organized a partisan cell in the camp & then got to the Naliboki forests. 210
SZERESZEWSKI Bluma F Lawyer Baranowicze 1915 Baranowicze She was executed on false charges. 1943 Fled from the Ghetto to the forests & joined the Komorov Brigade & later transferred to theTchapaeiv Brigade. 210
SZERESZNIEWSKA Roza F Vilna She was on a patrol on a bridge & encounted an ambush; killed in the ensuing battle. Bridge over the Wilnka River Josef GLAZMAN A member of the PPA; left the Ghetto to go to the Narocz forests. 211

 

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