Polish Home Army
The Polish Home Army (Polish: Armia Krajowa AK) was a non communist partisan force created in occupied Poland during World War Two. The AK gathered intelligence and carried out raids against the Germans. The AK was attacked by communist sponsored partisans who under the instructions of the Soviet government wanted to eliminate any possible opposition to a communist regime in the post war period.
Battles with the Zhukov Partisan Unit
The "Jewish unit commanded by Yosef Brojde, which operated in the Bransk forests in the Bransk Podlaski region suffered many casualties in clashes with the Polish 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 reprisal actions 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 Briansk 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]
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].
