During World War II, Minsk has become the arena for a number of guerrilla warfare. On the surrounding areas vibrant underground work UAS / AK, which these areas had codenames Seagull - Dachshund - Stone . actions taken by the partisans often ended in spectacular successes, such as the assassination of the head of the Minsk Gestapo - Schmidt or burn the documents of the German Labour Office. However, failures have occurred and, among which the largest was called. "great give-away ," or unsuccessful shares rebound detainees held by the Germans in the school building in Latowicz (more on the action soon).
In war, the town did not suffer significant damage. However, suffered enormous losses in population due to the extermination of the Jews who were in a significant percentage of the inhabitants. In the center of Minsk, the Germans established a ghetto, where Jews were detained, not only from the vicinity of the city, but also from Pabianice and Lipno. The town was liberated by the successful action "Storm" - guerrillas occupied the city before the arrival of Red Army troops.
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