the same period, Jewish residents of Belarus also took part in partisan activities. The units, based on family camps, was devised by Tuvia Bielski with his brothers in Western Belarus. Based from the forests near the Neman River, the family units was home to mostly women, children and elderly. The men who were able to carry weapons either guarded the camps or took part in partisan activities. While the main purpose of the camps was to shelter Belarusian Jews and create villages to survive, there were some camps that were set up to militarily combat the occupation government. One group, from 1941 until 1944, attacked or destroyed bridges, factories, railroad tracks and killed police and Nazi officials. The family camps also prevented the deportation of residents to either labour or concentration camps. Polish forces The Polish underground operated over the whole pre-war territory of Poland, including the Polish territories annexed by the Soviet Union. As non-communist Poles tended to consider the Soviets as occupiers even after the German invasion of the Soviet Union there was some conflict between Polish and Soviet partisans. June 22, 1943, Central Committee of the Belarusian Communist Party received orders in Moscow to destroy the Home Army in Belarus. From then, the number of conflicts between Soviet and non-communist Polish partisans intensified. One Polish unit was arrested December 1, 1943, some Polish officers were executed, the commander major Wacław Pełka transported to Moscow. Resistance fighters Soviet Ales Adamovich Yitzhak Arad Masha Bruskina Janka Bryl Vassili Kononov Pyotr Masherov Kirill Mazurov Panteleimon Ponomarenko Zinaida Portnova Ivan Sergeychik Petr Shelokhonov Arturs Sproģis Polish Zygmunt Andruszkiewicz Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz Maria Fedecka Henryk Krajewski Aleksander Krzyżanowski Władysław Liniarski Sergiusz Piasecki Janusz Szlaski Zygmunt Szendzielarz Jewish Asael Bielski Tuvia Bielski Alexander Zeisal Bielski Abba Kovner Shalom Yoran Simcha Zorin Resistance units 19th Infantry Division (Poland) 29th Infantry Division (Poland) Anti-Fascist Military Organisation Home Army in Belarus Bataliony Chłopskie Bielski partisans Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye Leśni National Armed Forces Polish 30th Infantry Division Soviet partisan regiment 1941–1944 Soviet partisan united formation 1941–1944 Szare Szeregi Uderzeniowe Bataliony Kadrowe In popular culture The Belarusian partisans had a large impact on the culture of Belarus. Many partisans, such as Ales Adamovich and Vasil Bykaŭ, later went on to become prolific writers as well as active members of the pro-independence Belarusian Popular Front. Pyotr Masherov, in his position as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia, also