Testimony of Daniel Ostashinski, born in Nowogrodek, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Nowogrodek Ghetto and with the partisans

Testimony of Daniel Ostashinski, born in Nowogrodek, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Nowogrodek Ghetto and with the partisans Jewish community and institutions in Nowogrodek; studies; membership in the Beitar youth movement, where they speak Hebrew; relations with the other Zionist youth movements active in Nowogrodek; relations with the local population. Soviet rule; continuation of Zionist activities in an underground manner; German occupation; attempts to escape from Nowogrodek; anti-Jewish decrees; establishment of the Judenrat; organizing resistance groups; obtains weapons; makes contact with Polish partisans; establishment of two ghettos in Nowogrodek; "Aktions"; organizing mutual help; preparations for an uprising; execution of a man suspected of collaboration with the Germans; escape from the Nowogrodek Ghetto, September 1943; joins the Bielski partisans group; combat with the partisans until the liberation.