Jews joined the Soviet partisan movement spontaneously, after escaping from various ghettos in Lithuania and Belarus. Most of them had no military background, but they were eager to take part in fighting and revenge. They had to adjust to harsh living conditions in the forests and suffered hostility and antisemitism on the part of locals and non-Jewish fellow partisans. Internal relations amongst different political and ideological groups were often problematic as well. This article focuses on specific violent events which occurred in the Rudniki forests near Vilnius, Lithuania, and specifically on one controversial case study: the execution of the partisan commander Natan Ring in early November 1943, by his brothers in arms. Ring was suspected of collaboration with the Germans while he served as a Jewish policeman in the Vilnius ghetto. Based on the testimonies and memories of former partisans, recorded at different times between the end of the war until the present, the article rethinks morals and behaviour in that unique space and time and how the event has been perceived over the years which followed.

犹太人从立陶宛和白俄罗斯的各种贫民窟逃脱后，自发加入了苏联游击队运动。他们大多数没有军事背景，但是他们渴望参加战斗和复仇。他们不得不适应森林中恶劣的生活条件，当地人和非犹太游击队遭受敌对和反犹太主义。不同政治和意识形态团体之间的内部关系也常常是有问题的。本文重点讨论在立陶宛维尔纽斯附近的鲁德尼基（Rudniki）森林中发生的特定暴力事件，特别是一个有争议的案例研究：1943年11月上旬，游击队指挥官纳坦·罗恩（Nantan Ring）被其武装兄弟处决。Ring在维尔纽斯（Vilnius）贫民窟的犹太警察中被怀疑与德国人合作。