Yosef Brojde
Yosef Brojde.
Commander of a Jewish partisan company in Belarus during World War II
Joseph Brojde (also Бройда; Belarusian: Josef Brojde; born 1922) was a commander of a Jewish partisan company in Belarus.
The "Jewish unit commanded by Yosef Brojde, which operated in the Bransk forests in the Bransk Podlaski region also suffered many casualties in clashes with the Home Army,"[1][2] was called Zhukov unit, and by the Russians: еврейский отряд / partisan otryad.[3] and 'the Jewish unit.'
Besides placing obstacles for the Nazi Germans, the unit also carried out acts of revenge against the Poles who were cruel to the Jews, such as the forest guards Košek and Dezter. The actions were taken after a trial. "The bitter fate of the Jewish partisan who, in addition to his difficult war against the German enemy, had to wage ceaseless battles against the Polish AK, is the "Armia Krajowa" - the national army that was under the command of General Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski.[1] The AK murdered Jews mercilessly and even after the liberation continued to murder Jews. Thus The AK men murdered Brojde's brother and other Jews in and around Brainsk in a gruesome manner.[4] The unit of Brojde also helped with food and shelter for refugees. Over time Broida was appointed commander in the Jewish unit. The "Jewish unit" received marks of excellence from the Soviets.[4]
See: Jewish partisans.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gutman, I., Krakowski, S. (1986). Unequal victims : Poles and Jews during World War Two. New York: Holocaust Library, p.131.
- ↑ Broide, Josef | Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
- ↑ Arad, Y. (2010). In the Shadow of the Red Banner: Soviet Jews in the War Against Nazi Gemany. Israel: Gefen Publishing House, pp. 317-318.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Massuah, vols. 7-10. Massuah (the Institute) (Heb.) 1979. pp. 223-225.[1].
