Execution of Masha Bruskina, Jewish partisan, Minsk
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Brief Description: Masha Bruskina, a 17-year-old Jewish partisan and a Belorussian comrade being hung after capture by Nazis.  Bruskina is believed to be the first person publicly executed by the Nazis in the USSR.
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Record Series Number: RG 120 Russia/RG 120 Russia I Minsk 70
Subject Index
Belorussia
Bruskina, Masha
Executions and hangings
Holocaust
HPIXCAT
Minsk
Underground movements
USSR
Women
Genres/Forms of Material
Photographs
Photographs - B/W print
Acquisition Notes: D. Cohen, Israel
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