Holocaust Survivors: Encyclopedia

Partisans

guerrilla forces operating in enemy occupied territory. In World War II there were partisan groups of various political, national and religious complexions operating mainly in eastern Europe and the Balkans. The major areas of activity in eastern Europe were in Belorussia, in Lithuania and in the Ukraine. There were also Jewish underground movements that functioned within the ghettos and camps of Poland.

Source: Encyclopedia of the Holocaust.

Related Resources:

Defiance: The Bielski Partisans
They Fought Back: The Story of the Jewish Resistance in Nazi Europe

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