The Jewish Bielski partisans
Photo: Soviet partisans operating in the forests of Belarus
Jack Kagan's escape from the Jewish ghetto in Novogrudok
On December 7, 1941, all the Jews of Novogrudok - 6,000 people – were gathered on the territory of the Provincial court. In the morning of December 8 a selection was carried out. It was accompanied by a mass execution. By the end of the day 75% of the Novogrudok Jewish community was shot in the forest near the village of Skrydlevo.