Though some Jews had initially benefited from the effects of the Soviet invasion , this occupation soon began to strike at the Jewish population as well ; independent Jewish organizations were abolished and Jewish activists were arrested . Hundreds of thousands of Jews who had fled to the Soviet sector were given a choice of Soviet citizenship or returning to the German occupied zone . The majority chose the latter , and instead found themselves deported to the Soviet Union , where , ironically , 300,000 would escape the Holocaust . While there was Polish Jewish representation in the London-based Polish government in exile , relations between the Jews in Poland and Polish resistance in occupied Poland were strained , and Jewish armed groups had difficulty joining the official Polish resistance umbrella organization , the Home Army ( in Polish , Armia Krajowa or AK ) . Some Jewish groups ( such as the Bielski partisans ) robbed local Polish peasants for food , also performing massacres and crimes like Naliboki massacre in 1943 ; in turn , the Polish underground often labeled those armed Jewish groups as " bandits " and " robbers . " Jewish partisans instead more often joined the Armia Ludowa of the communist Polish Workers ' Party and Soviet guerrilla groups , which increasingly clashed with Polish guerillas , contributing to yet another perception of Jews working with the Soviets against the Poles
Naliboki massacre
Naliboki massacre
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