ABSTRACT
A spirit of resistance to the Germans prevailed among the ghetto youth. It is possible to classify the Western Bielorussian ghettos according to the criterion of the resistance they displayed. In several ghettos Jews revolted on the eve of the impending aktzias. When the Germans entered the ghetto they were met with gunfire and grenades. They began to search for Jews, who resisted. Glebokie served as a refuge for the neighboring Jews and its ghetto was one of the last in Western Bielorussia. The Germans achieved two goals: the capture of Jews who had fled from other locations and the discouragement of other potential flights from the ghetto. When German authorities announced the “right” to return to the Glebokie ghetto, Jews were given special permits to move about and Judenrat chairman Lederman was sent to the fields and forests in order to bring escaped Jews back to the ghetto.
