Chapter 451 Guerrillas (1)

Poland.

In a hidden cave in the southern mountains, a group of ragged, sallow-faced young men were warming themselves by the fire. They were wearing Polish military uniforms, but they were already tattered, making them look like a group of beggars.

These "beggars" were Polish guerrillas. After Poland was captured, these former Polish soldiers did not surrender to the Germans, but retreated into the forest and other places to form guerrillas, using their actions to prove to the Germans that not all Poles were willing to be slaves of a conquered country.

But guerrilla warfare was quite difficult. They paid a heavy price for attacking the German transport team several times. At first they had more than 200 people, but now there are only more than 50 people left. Even the German logistics transport team was equipped with heavy firepower such as armored vehicles and mortars, which was naturally much stronger than the guerrillas with only rifles and grenades.

The arrival of the cold winter made the activities of these guerrillas, who were running out of ammunition and food, even more difficult. After all, people always need to eat, and guerrillas are not gods who can live without food or drink.

The captain of this guerrilla team, Katzpel, decided to take a risk and go to a nearby village to collect some food. He took out a map and carefully looked at the surrounding environment. "There is a village called Dika 4 kilometers to the southeast, and there is also a village called Bevata 6 kilometers to the south."

The guerrilla next to him spat and said with disgust. "I know that Dika, there are many Judas pigs living in the village!"

There is a TV series called "Our Fathers" in later generations, which is a TV series based on World War II.

The Polish guerrillas in the play hated the Jews very much. They could even accept a rebellious German as a teammate, but could not accept the Jews.

After World War I, the top priority for Poland, which had finally regained its independence, was to build a national identity. One of the main tasks was to promote the Polish language. However, among the Polish Jewish community, 79% chose Yiddish as their first language, while only 12% chose Polish. This could not help but make Polish nationalists doubt the Jews' loyalty to the new country. It is a common phenomenon for newly independent nation-states to prevent or even persecute ethnic minorities, and Poland is no exception.

In addition, after the October Revolution, a large number of Jews fled the Soviet Union. According to the Riga Peace Treaty signed between the Soviet Union and Poland, Jews in the disputed areas were given the right to freely choose their nationality, so hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees moved to Poland. On the eve of World War II, there were about 3.5 million Jews living in Poland, accounting for 10% of the Polish population. This had a certain impact on Poland's economic and social stability, and even squeezed the living space of the Poles.

Due to religious beliefs, Europeans discriminated against and excluded Jews, believing that they were "Gypsies in Europe", so Western Europe expelled them to Eastern Europe. Poland is a Catholic country, and Catholicism also discriminates against Jews. Therefore, the Polish guerrillas in the TV series said, "Killing the Jews is like drowning a cat." It can be seen that they have little sympathy for the Jews, and are even full of resentment.

In addition, during the war, there were rumors that the Jews were Soviet traitors who betrayed the interests of Poland. Then the Soviet Union and Germany divided the territory of Poland together, which basically confirmed the previous rumors. The Poles changed from a certain degree of discrimination to hatred, and some unfriendly behaviors towards the Jews occurred.

When the Jews in Warsaw were driven out of their homes by the German army and driven into the ghetto, the surrounding neighbors, that is, the local Poles, took the opportunity to move in and live in these high-end residences.

When World War II ended, some surviving Jews returned to their hometowns and asked their former neighbors to move out. These Poles found reasons and began to raise their butcher knives against the Jews.

From 1945 to 1946, there were at least 50 murders of Jews in Krakow and other places. The victims were all survivors of the Nazi massacre. The purpose of the murderers' violence was to prevent those Jews from returning to their homes. The Jews who died in the Nazi massacre could never come back, and their houses and property were taken away by the poor neighbors around them for free.

These events triggered two waves of Polish Jews emigrating (being expelled) overseas. Entering the new century, anti-Semitism once became the main obstacle for Poland to join the European Union.

"Then let's go to Bewata." Although they were happy to rob the Jews, if they made too much noise, they might attract the German army, so Kacsper decided to go to Bewata.

They didn't dare to act during the day, so they could only wait until dark and quietly go down the mountain. Bewata rushed to Bewata Village.

After walking carefully for a long time, they saw Bewata Village from a distance. When they came to the outskirts of the village, Kacsper asked the team to stop and hide, and he took two people to sneak into the village and carefully knocked on the door of the first house at the entrance of the village.

"Who is it?" A weak voice came from the house.

Kacsper lowered his voice and whispered. "We are guerrillas."

"What?!" The people in the room were startled, as if something had fallen to the ground with a bang. After a while, an old man in his fifties came over and opened the door. "I am the village chief. Are you really guerrillas?"

Katzpel patted the gun on his back. "Hello, village chief, we are really guerrillas, absolutely true."

The village chief opened his mouth and was stunned for a few seconds. His face changed several times, but he was facing the candlelight in the room, so Katzpel didn't notice it.

The village chief, who recovered from his shock, quickly pulled them into the house. "Come in, come in. Just the three of you? Have you eaten? Come, warm up by the fire first."

Katzper was so moved by the village chief's warm concern that he almost shed tears. "A group of us came, and everyone else was outside the village."

The village chief sighed. "It's so cold that they can freeze outside. Call them over quickly. I'll greet the villagers and ask them to prepare some hot food. Don't worry, no Germans will come here."

"Thank you, village chief." Katspel couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and ordered a team member to inform others to enter the village.

After everyone entered the village, the village chief also found several villagers and asked each household to receive several guerrillas.

Katzper and the three team members were kindly retained by the village chief and stayed at his home. Katzpell chatted while helping wash the potatoes. "Village chief, do the Germans often come to harm the villagers?"

"The Germans don't like us in this small place. Life is pretty decent. But...hey, are there any other guerrillas around here?"

As far as Katzper knew, they were the only guerrilla group within a few dozen miles, but in order to cheer up the village chief, he was still very sure. "Of course, our guerrillas are spread all over the country and will drive out the German devils sooner or later!"

While the team members waited hungrily, the potatoes were finally cooked. Just as they were devouring the potatoes, a sudden shout came from outside. "The German patrol is coming!"