Naliboki massacre

The Second World War - Crimes
Interrogated eyewitnesses of the crime in their testimonies report the course of the attack, give data on the victims. Regarding the perpetrators of the crimes, their testimonies are laconic – they state that the attack was carried out by “bandits”, “Soviet partisans”, people of Jewish nationality, including former residents of Naliboki. Several witnesses laconic testify that among the attackers were partisans from Bielski [jews]. However, the witnesses do not indicate on what grounds they base this claim. Furthermore, these testimonies are not supported by any other evidence, e.g. archival documents. Some historians also point to the participation of partisans from the Bielski Division in the attack on Naliboki. However, the authors do not cite sources of this information in their studies. One of the former Soviet partisans in his diary published in the 1960s indicates that Jewish camps were founded in the Nalibock Forest in the second half of 1943, i.e. after the attack on Naliboki. Thus, the fact that partisans from the Bielski Division participated in the attack on Naliboki is only one of the versions adopted in the course of the investigation.
Announcement of the Institute of National Remembrance regarding the investigation of crimes committed by Soviet partisans in 1942-1944 in the former Nowogródek Province:

A small self-defense unit under the command of Eugeniusz Klimowicz was established in Naliboki to defend against looting by Soviet partisans and criminal gangs. On May 8, 1943, troops of Soviet and - according to some versions - Jewish partisans murdered about 128 Polish inhabitants of the town suspected of belonging to the self-defense or the Home Army.

The church, school, post office, fire station and some residential houses were burned down, the rest of the settlement was plundered. Several attackers were also killed. According to Soviet sources, the number of Poles killed was estimated at 250. After the massacre, the guerrillas stole about 100 cows and 70 horses from the village. The 1993 documentary film "The Bielsky Brothers" in Australia mentions the Naliboki massacre.

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