Biography Michał Vituška

meanwhile, special units (ss-jagdverbände) of local collaborationists trained germans infiltrate soviet rear. trained in dahlwitz near berlin ss-standartenführer otto skorzeny. paratroopers came reichskommissariat ostland; , split commandos based on country of origin. part of nazi effort combat growing soviet partisan movement in belarus during war, thirty belarusians espionage , sabotage outfit known Čorny kot (black cat) led michał vituška age 37, airdropped luftwaffe in late 1944 behind lines of red army. @ time, german forces had been expelled present-day belarus during operation bagration.

black cats experienced initial successes due disorganization in rear of red army. other german-trained belarusian nationalist units slipped through białowieża forest in 1945. however, nkvd secret police informants infiltrated these units. result, ambushed , killed in short order.

the anti-soviet partisans experienced initial success due disorganization in rear of red army. vituška became coordination centre leader of anti-soviet resistance partisan movement in belarus. nkvd had infiltrated these units, , 1946 neutralized. @ beginning of 1950s of leaders of resistance movement had escape west. on january 7, 1945, vituška supposedly hunted down, captured , executed, although more sixty years later, son said died in 2006.