Background of the Bielski Brothers, made famous in the Hollywood film Defiance. Also the escape from Novogrudok Concentration Camp, one of the largest escapes in World War 2 history. The escapees joined the Bielski detachment in the Naliboki Forest.
29 Monday Jun 2015
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inBackground of the Bielski Brothers, made famous in the Hollywood film Defiance. Also the escape from Novogrudok Concentration Camp, one of the largest escapes in World War 2 history. The escapees joined the Bielski detachment in the Naliboki Forest.
29 Monday Jun 2015
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22 Monday Jun 2015
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inLooking at the five remaining gravestones of the Old Jewish Cemetary/Park Slavy Komsomola, Nyesviz, Belarus
My ancestors who survived the genocide and were buried in the main cemetery with all the rest of the townsfolk: Abram Rakhmielovich Gurevich and his wife Mariya Davipovna Gurevich. This may very well be a Great Uncle of mine, my grandmother’s brother, maybe cousin. Good to see that he doesn’t have any religious insignia on his gravestone. Apparently he married a non-Jewish woman, judging from her name. Good for him.
22 Monday Jun 2015
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inMy host failed to alert us the night before that his father was marching in a 9am May Day contingent in Nyesviz. Missing that was tragic. However, we did get some trippy scenes from the kiddie party afterward.
Later on, my sherpa got some video of Victory Day preparations in Nyesviz on May 7th, the day we left for Minsk.
Then, on May 9th, we had a good time at Victory Square commemorating the Peoples Deeds against the capitalist hyenas.
13 Saturday Jun 2015
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05 Friday Jun 2015
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