Shalom Yoran - Attempt at joinging a partisan group (pt. I)
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Shalom Yoran - Attempt at joinging a partisan group (pt. I)
Shalom Yoran - Attempt at joinging a partisan group (pt. I)
Transcript: After we we are this was in beginning of 1943 when the snow melted we went out of the the hiding place where we had been for five months. And when we started to look for partisans and then we met the first partisans and we wanted to be included we wanted to be to join them. And they said, no, you you cannot join because you don't have arms. And we don't take people without arms. So, we were going there were about three units separated in separate areas we went all the three unit to units and nobody was ready to accept us. And we met one unit with the common with the deputy commander was was a Jew. And we talked to him and he said, okay we shall accept you if you will show us that you can fight. And you can be a partisans. Then then we know that we can accept you. And then the comma his commander came and said look, we give you a mission to go to Coronets(?) to the same town where we are we we run away from. And to burn a factory who is doing the wooden parts of the rifles. So this is a military target. And we want you to burn it down. Uh one of the two guys so finally five guys including me we volunteered we we shall go. And the other five what we had we had ten people together they, uh they went to cut the telephones. That's how it was divided. Uh we received one revolver with one bullet Next day, we went and we went through and we came up to the factory. So like I said, five of us were burning the factory and was arranged like that that when they they see the fire, they start to cut the telephone poles. Because they were afraid that if, uh they start to cut area they will make an alarm, and then instead of a surprise we can be meeting the German army. The there was they told us there was about 180 German solders in, uh there we broke a window and jump into the factory. And here in the middle of all this we're in the middle of the town and this starts we hear shouts banditi. It's bandits. And somebody there in the factory shouting in Russian bandits.
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Transcript: After we we are this was in beginning of 1943 when the snow melted we went out of the the hiding place where we had been for five months. And when we started to look for partisans and then we met the first partisans and we wanted to be included we wanted to be to join them. And they said, no, you you cannot join because you don't have arms. And we don't take people without arms. So, we were going there were about three units separated in separate areas we went all the three unit to units and nobody was ready to accept us. And we met one unit with the common with the deputy commander was was a Jew. And we talked to him and he said, okay we shall accept you if you will show us that you can fight. And you can be a partisans. Then then we know that we can accept you. And then the comma his commander came and said look, we give you a mission to go to Coronets(?) to the same town where we are we we run away from. And to burn a factory who is doing the wooden parts of the rifles. So this is a military target. And we want you to burn it down. Uh one of the two guys so finally five guys including me we volunteered we we shall go. And the other five what we had we had ten people together they, uh they went to cut the telephones. That's how it was divided. Uh we received one revolver with one bullet Next day, we went and we went through and we came up to the factory. So like I said, five of us were burning the factory and was arranged like that that when they they see the fire, they start to cut the telephone poles. Because they were afraid that if, uh they start to cut area they will make an alarm, and then instead of a surprise we can be meeting the German army. The there was they told us there was about 180 German solders in, uh there we broke a window and jump into the factory. And here in the middle of all this we're in the middle of the town and this starts we hear shouts banditi. It's bandits. And somebody there in the factory shouting in Russian bandits.
Video provided by Great Projects Film Company