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 The massacre at koniuchy
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. In that interview Brantsovsky also stated: “I became a member of a group. I was given a rifle and then an automatic gun. I dragged it with me and took part in military missions. … We blasted trains and placed explosives in the enemy’s equipment. We shot and killed them. Yes, I did, I killed them and did so with ease. I knew that my dear ones were dead and I took my revenge for them and thousands others with each and every shot.” Since there is no evidence Brantsovky took part in any assaults on Germans, this may well be an allusion to the Koniuchy massacre. Antony Polonsky writes: “Rachel Margolis has since confirmed that her statement that Brantsovskaya participated in the attack on Kaniukai was based on hearsay and it has been accepted that Brantsovskaya did not actually take part in this incident.” See Polonsky, “Introduction” to Margolis, A Partisan from Vilna, 50. Once Margolis realized that she had mistakenly referred to Brantsovsky’s participation in the assault, she could have identified the female partisan who did take part but did not do so.
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