Fritz Shmenkel One of the most famous foreign partisans in Belorussia became a German soldier Fritz Shmenkel . In November 41th , he ran away from his side and soon found himself among the partisans of Smolensk , where he proved himself a brave fighter. Later he was trained on the mainland and was sent to the front line . Partisans led by Fritz Shmenkelem gang killed policemen , but in early 1944 he was captured and later executed in Minsk. In 1964 , after the discovery of information about the elimination of the gang of policemen , he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union . In February 1982, building on the arcade at the Freedom Square in Minsk was opened a memorial plaque dedicated to F. Shmenkelyu . In 1978, the German studio DEFA about Shmenkelya made a movie , "I want to see you " ("Ich will euch sehen"), one of the roles that played the legendary " Indian " Gojko Mitic . Read full article : http://news.tut.by/society/401316.html
Committee " Free Germany " was formed in February 1944 with the Big abandoned land in Minsk area and Baranovichi two German anti-fascist groups . In the second of them were Germans Felix Scheffler , Herbert Geynchke , Hugo Bars , Austrian Karl Rinagel . Later she joined the army fled from Otto Meyer, Erich Korvinsky Georg Kronauer . Felix Scheffler after the war rose to the rank of Rear Admiral and at one time headed the Navy of the GDR. Another such group was abandoned in the area Lahojsk ; it was headed by Major General Nikolai Soviet Dyatlenko in groups were Germans German Schauer , Alfred Gotha, Theodore Zimmerman, Ernst Apelt . Detachment name Ponomarenko Brigade " assault " in the subversive group consisted of German anti- German Tsinkand Leon Sauer . The Minsk underground workers were linked German communists Hans Strube ( Head of Chancery railways "Minsk" ) , and Carl Joachim Kyunster Klyaynyung . Read full article : http://news.tut.by/society/401316.html
Yang Nalepka Chief of Staff 101st Slovak regiment stationed in Yelsk , Captain Ian Nalepka even before the establishment of contacts with the guerrillas in the regiment created an underground group that secretly helped the locals. In May 1943 a group of soldiers and officers , he moved to the guerrillas , and soon in the partisan connection Alexander Saburov was created an independent unit, which not only led the fighting, but also actively campaigned other Slovaks to side with the Soviet Union. During the same year came to the partisans , or rather - came on the tank with full ammunition Slovak soldiers Martin Korbel . Tank was transferred to the guerrillas . Nalepki squad took part in many battles against the Germans . Sam Yan Nalepka died during the battle for the city Ovruch station . May 2, 1945 he was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union . In 1972, the hero was made a joint Soviet -Czechoslovak film " Tomorrow will be too late " ("Zajtra bude neskoro"). In the Belarusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War exhibited painting Mikhail Savitsky " Daylight Slovaks to join the partisans ." Yang Nalepka . Photo from Belarusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War Shortly after moving to the partisans Nalepki Germans disarmed Slovak regiment took him with their bases and sent to the Minsk region. But even there, the Slovaks did not want to serve the Nazis , and the brigade " Uncle Kolya " , located in Smalyavichy , moved an entire platoon of the 102nd Regiment of the Slovak . Among the volunteers - defectors to the partisans were not only ordinary soldiers , but officers : junior officer Ian Meyer, head of communications Ian Gazuka division , platoon leader Vojtech Shatar . Later Slovak platoon acted in the detachment "Communard" as an independent combat unit , commanded by Shatar . Read full article : http://news.tut.by/society/401316.html
