Testimony of Joseph Riwash, born in Druja, Poland, 1913, regarding his experiences in the Braslaw Ghetto, in villages and forests in the surrounding area, the Glebokie Ghetto, with the Voroshilov partisans in the vicinity of the Narocz forests and with the Lithuanian partisans

Testimony of Joseph Riwash, born in Druja, Poland, 1913, regarding his experiences in the Braslaw Ghetto, in villages and forests in the surrounding area, the Glebokie Ghetto, with the Voroshilov partisans in the vicinity of the Narocz forests and with the Lithuanian partisans German occupation, summer 1941; life in Braslaw; Braslaw Ghetto life including rescue during an "Aktion"; life in villages and forests in the vicinity until winter 1943; Glebokie Ghetto life; escape along with a group of Jews; joins the Voroshilov partisans in the vicinity of the Narocz forests; contacts with Yiddish poets Shmerke Kaczerginski and Abraham Sutzkever; displays of antisemitism among Soviet partisans including acts of murder; joins a group of Lithuanian partisans commanded by Zalgiris; life with the partisan group; liberation. Participation in the execution of collaborators and murderers of Jews in Vilna; activities to bring war criminals to trial in Germany.