“Barabasz” and the Jews: From the history of the “Wybraniecki” Home Army Partisan Detachment

The article demonstrates hitherto not described events from the history of the Home Army partisan detachment “Wybraniecki”, which was famous in the Kielce region. It was under command of the legendary Marian Sołtysiak (nom de guerre “Barabasz”), who was at the same time the commanding officer of the...

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Main Authors: Alina Skibińska, Joanna Tokarska-Bakir
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Published: Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badan nad Zaglada Zydow 2013-02-01
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Online Access:https://zagladazydow.pl/index.php/zz/article/view/781
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description The article demonstrates hitherto not described events from the history of the Home Army partisan detachment “Wybraniecki”, which was famous in the Kielce region. It was under command of the legendary Marian Sołtysiak (nom de guerre “Barabasz”), who was at the same time the commanding officer of the Kielce Home Army Sabotage Directorate (Kedyw). Initially, the detachment was a seven-person strong sabotage group. In June 1943 it already had a few dozen members and was quartered in a forest camp. In spring 1944 it was transformed into a partisan detachment, which belonged to the 4th Infantry Regiment of the Home Army Legions and which participated in the Operation Tempest. The events described in the article took place between the autumn of 1943 and spring of 1944, when the detachment’s squads were quartered in a few separate places and met from time to time during the concentrations ordered by the commander. At that time some Jews in hiding were murdered. Among those shot were: the group kept in hiding by the Pole Stefan Sawa (posthumously decorated with the Righteous among the Nations medal) in a cottage near Daleszyce, Michał Ferenc – Zajączków municipality clerk, Roman Olizarowski “Pomsta” – a “Wybraniecki” detachment soldier, who was liquidated after the discovery of his Jewish origin, Izaak Grynbaum from Chęciny and about three Jews hiding in bunkers near Mosty. After the war the following people stood trial: Edward Skrobot, Józef Molenda, Władysław Dziewiór, Mieczysław Szumielewicz and Marian Sołtysiak. The authors reconstruct the facts of those executions, discuss the motivations of the perpetrators and analyze them against the background of the functioning of the underground judiciary, and call into question the validity of some of its sentences. They also discuss the methods and line of defense of the accused ex-partisans.
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spelling doaj-art-4e39307cf9404e31b2fb474443809a662025-08-20T02:08:07ZdeuStowarzyszenie Centrum Badan nad Zaglada ZydowZagłada Żydów1895-247X2657-35712013-02-01Holocaust Studies and Materials10.32927/zzsim.781“Barabasz” and the Jews: From the history of the “Wybraniecki” Home Army Partisan DetachmentAlina Skibińska0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1267-3926Joanna Tokarska-Bakir1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4778-0465Polish Center for Holocaust ResearchInstitute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of SciencesThe article demonstrates hitherto not described events from the history of the Home Army partisan detachment “Wybraniecki”, which was famous in the Kielce region. It was under command of the legendary Marian Sołtysiak (nom de guerre “Barabasz”), who was at the same time the commanding officer of the Kielce Home Army Sabotage Directorate (Kedyw). Initially, the detachment was a seven-person strong sabotage group. In June 1943 it already had a few dozen members and was quartered in a forest camp. In spring 1944 it was transformed into a partisan detachment, which belonged to the 4th Infantry Regiment of the Home Army Legions and which participated in the Operation Tempest. The events described in the article took place between the autumn of 1943 and spring of 1944, when the detachment’s squads were quartered in a few separate places and met from time to time during the concentrations ordered by the commander. At that time some Jews in hiding were murdered. Among those shot were: the group kept in hiding by the Pole Stefan Sawa (posthumously decorated with the Righteous among the Nations medal) in a cottage near Daleszyce, Michał Ferenc – Zajączków municipality clerk, Roman Olizarowski “Pomsta” – a “Wybraniecki” detachment soldier, who was liquidated after the discovery of his Jewish origin, Izaak Grynbaum from Chęciny and about three Jews hiding in bunkers near Mosty. After the war the following people stood trial: Edward Skrobot, Józef Molenda, Władysław Dziewiór, Mieczysław Szumielewicz and Marian Sołtysiak. The authors reconstruct the facts of those executions, discuss the motivations of the perpetrators and analyze them against the background of the functioning of the underground judiciary, and call into question the validity of some of its sentences. They also discuss the methods and line of defense of the accused ex-partisans. https://zagladazydow.pl/index.php/zz/article/view/781Home Army (Armia Krajowa)the Kielce Sabotage Directorate (Kedyw)the Kielce RegionMarian Sołtysiak “Barabasz“Wybraniecki” detachmentJews
spellingShingle Alina Skibińska
Joanna Tokarska-Bakir
“Barabasz” and the Jews: From the history of the “Wybraniecki” Home Army Partisan Detachment
Zagłada Żydów
Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
the Kielce Sabotage Directorate (Kedyw)
the Kielce Region
Marian Sołtysiak “Barabasz
“Wybraniecki” detachment
Jews
title “Barabasz” and the Jews: From the history of the “Wybraniecki” Home Army Partisan Detachment
title_full “Barabasz” and the Jews: From the history of the “Wybraniecki” Home Army Partisan Detachment
title_fullStr “Barabasz” and the Jews: From the history of the “Wybraniecki” Home Army Partisan Detachment
title_full_unstemmed “Barabasz” and the Jews: From the history of the “Wybraniecki” Home Army Partisan Detachment
title_short “Barabasz” and the Jews: From the history of the “Wybraniecki” Home Army Partisan Detachment
title_sort barabasz and the jews from the history of the wybraniecki home army partisan detachment
topic Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
the Kielce Sabotage Directorate (Kedyw)
the Kielce Region
Marian Sołtysiak “Barabasz
“Wybraniecki” detachment
Jews
url https://zagladazydow.pl/index.php/zz/article/view/781
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