'The vanguard of armed resistance'

In January 1942 Kovner met with Glazman and Wittenberg to form the United Partisans' Organization. When the liquidation of the Vilna ghetto began in September 1943, Glazman led a group to the Rudnicki forest to fight as Jewish partisans. This is an extract from a letter by Kovner to Hashomer Hatza'ir partisans 17 March 1944.