Jacob Greenstein
Jacob Greenstein participated in the Minsk ghetto resistance and joined the partisans in the Naliboki forests. After the liberation, he enlisted in the Red Army and saw action as a liaison with Polish intelligence. In 1945–1946, he helped “kibbutzim” of Holocaust survivors defending themselves against Polish marauders. After the Kielce pogrom, he shed his uniform and joined the Bricha.
Funeral procession for victims of the Kielce pogrom, July 1946
Funeral procession for victims of the Kielce pogrom, July 1946
Funeral of a member of “Kibbutz Bytom” who was murdered by Polish marauders, 1946
Refugees begin their Bricha trek from the departure point in Szczecin, Poland, 1946
Refugees begin their Bricha trek from the departure point in Szchecin, Poland, 1946