I avsnitt #30 berättade Herbert Trus att hans farfar, Alter Trus, 1944 anslöt sig till partisanerna i skogarna utanför Bransk, Polen. Där fick han en vän för livet, Josel Broide, som efter kriget utvandrade till Buenos Aires, Argentina. Efter farfar Alters död fortsatte Josel hålla kontakten med Herberts pappa, Lejb. När Josel blev blind skickade han i stället den här kassetten på jiddisch till Lejb, någon gång i början av 1980-talet. Alter Trus skrev ner sina minnen i Bransk Yizkor Book och där beskriver han bland annat partisanernas motståndskamp: ”At the beginning of 1944 the first group of partisans appear in the Bransk forest. The first order of business which the Bransk group consists of destroying the telephone connections which were located on the Bransk Tchekhenoftse road. This was the direct line to the front at Warsaw. In one night the telephone wires on this road were cut in several places. The poles for a distance of 2 kilometers were torn down. The entire Bransk group of partians participated in this. At the same time a combat unit is set up as well as family camp. At a meeting it is decided to hand down the death sentence to Koshak. The armed men are given the job of carrying out this order. Among them Mulje Kleinot an Josel Broide.”

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