European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)

This was a unit from the Lublin region. How did they end up here?

First, allegedly, they reached Kampinos, and later, after the Kampinos group

got defeated near Jaktorow they moved to our forests.

And they established contact with us.

With this unit we fought at Zdzary, near Drzewica.

Two people died there. Kalmucks attacked us there.

Two days later some mines exploded when they dropped out of a wagon.

The next wagon rode on them and they exploded. Two more men were wounded. People got mad.

Nearby the ‘Szary’ unit was stationed. They did not want to return to the 25th regiment.

Each platoon had its own representatives and they demanded from the command to agree their accession to the ‘Szary’ unit.

Well, naturally, if ‘Szary’ agreed.

So we sent a messenger to ‘Szary’, ‘Szary’ said yes.

He accepted us into his unit.

I wasn’t a long time in this unit,

because the Russian front was approaching, they were already on the line of the Vistula.

The Germans wanted to get rid of the guerrillas and sent these Kalmuck troops to our forest.

On 5 November we were staying at the village of Boków

and on the 4th the 25th Regiment had a fight in Boków.

A lot of people died there. Both ours and Germans.