A note on the Peoples’ Militias: my interpreter mentions in the first video that local Jews and non-Jews were only active in the militia for two months.  Later he told me that applied to the leadership of the militias but that those without prior political ties (ie leaders and members of the Bund or Communist Party of Western Belarus) continued to serve in the Peoples’ Militias until the fascist invasion.

Just returned from another three-week visit to Belarus.  This time I was able to find out more about my family and ancestors of Nyesviz and Western Belarus in their final years as a people.