Pinkus Kartin by Wyatt Herrman

who, what, when, where?

wyattherrman — 2025-05-01 16:32:05 UTC

act of resistance

wyattherrman — 2025-05-01 16:37:44 UTC

While still in his youth he joined the Communist movement and in the Spanish Civil War he was an officer in the Polish Dombrovski Brigade He was recognised as a citizen of the Soviet Union and repatriated to Russia under the terms of the German. After a number of abortive attempts to reach Poland, the first squad, including Kartin (also known by his underground name of Andrzej Szmidt) parachuted into the Warsaw area at the end of 1941

wyattherrman — 2025-05-01 16:44:08 UTC

Quotes

wyattherrman — 2025-05-01 16:45:04 UTC

“dying with arms is more beautiful than without,”

communist group

wyattherrman — 2025-05-01 17:22:35 UTC

In the spring of 1942 the Communists began to organise the first group slated to go out to the forests and mobilisation extended throughout the ghetto. For weeks meetings of the bloc’s “fivesomes” were devoted to instruction on the nature of partisan warfare and combat tactics in city and forest.

song

wyattherrman — 2025-05-01 17:25:00 UTC

wyattherrman — 2025-05-01 17:27:33 UTC

Fun fact

wyattherrman — 2025-05-01 17:29:23 UTC

After a number of abortive attempts to reach Poland, the first squad including Kartin - also known by his underground name of Andrzej Szmidt, parachuted into the Warsaw area at the end of 1941. Kartin could not take part in the enlistment campaign in the Polish sector since his appearance would betray his Jewish origins. For a while, he hid out in the home of a Polish shoemaker, suffering severely from a lack of sufficient nourishment and warm clothing.

song

wyattherrman — 2025-05-01 17:33:00 UTC

Facts

wyattherrman — 2025-05-01 17:36:17 UTC

It emerged later that a Gestapo agent who had infiltrated the ranks of the Polish Communists was responsible for the arrest, This arrest basically led to the collapse of the Communist resistance bloc, after an initial cessation of all routine activities it was eventually disbanded in June 1942.