Testimony of Sheindl Ginsburg, born in Brisk, 1921, regarding her experiences in the Brisk Ghetto and with the partisans in the Polesie forests

Testimony of Sheindl Ginsburg, born in Brisk, 1921, regarding her experiences in the Brisk Ghetto and with the partisans in the Polesie forests Outbreak of the war; the collapse of the Polish Army; absorption of refugees from western Poland in Brisk; entry of the Red Army; outbreak of the war between the Soviet Union and Germany; entry of the Germans into Brisk; defense of an ancient fortress by the remaining Soviet Army garrison, over the course of a month; the murder of her father together with 600 additional Brisk Jews; establishment of the Brisk Ghetto, autumn 1941; Judenrat; organization of an underground with the aim of obtaining weapons and escaping to the partisans; in hiding without food or water for 20 days; hardships en route to the Polesie forests; meets a group of Russian partisans; return to the ghetto after difficulties adjusting to life in the forest; in hiding in the ghetto for two months; another escape to the forest; joins the partisans; cares for the wounded; murder of Jewish partisans by Soviet partisans; hanging of Germans by Jewish partisans as acts of revenge. Aliya to Israel on the "Exodus" ship, 1948.