Lyubov Shevtsova
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Lyubov Shevtsova was a Soviet partisan and a member of the Young Guard
, an underground anti-Nazi organization in Krasnodon
during World War II
.
Shevtsova was born in Izvarino, a town in the Krasnodon region. Her family moved to the city of Krasnodon
in 1927. When she finished school in 1942, she became involved in an underground organization in Voroshilovgrad, sending in information that the other members collected. In August 1942, it became dangerous for her to continue her work there so she returned to Krasnodon, where she became an active member of the Young Guard
.
She handed out leaflets and organized missions that included helping around two thousand men and women escape from Nazi prosecution.
On January 8, 1943, Shevtsova was arrested as a wireless operator. The members of the Young Guard had been betrayed and all of them were arrested as well. The Gestapo tortured her to find out the transmission codes, apparently without success and shot her on February 9, at the age of 18 years old.
Young Guard (Soviet resistance)
The Young Guard was an underground anti-fascist Komsomol organization, in the German-occupied Soviet city of Krasnodon . They were active during the Great Patriotic War until January 1943. They carried out several acts of sabotage and protest before being betrayed to the Germans...
, an underground anti-Nazi organization in Krasnodon
Krasnodon
Krasnodon is a city in the Luhansk Oblast of south-eastern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Krasnodonskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast....
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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Shevtsova was born in Izvarino, a town in the Krasnodon region. Her family moved to the city of Krasnodon
Krasnodon
Krasnodon is a city in the Luhansk Oblast of south-eastern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Krasnodonskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast....
in 1927. When she finished school in 1942, she became involved in an underground organization in Voroshilovgrad, sending in information that the other members collected. In August 1942, it became dangerous for her to continue her work there so she returned to Krasnodon, where she became an active member of the Young Guard
Young Guard (Soviet resistance)
The Young Guard was an underground anti-fascist Komsomol organization, in the German-occupied Soviet city of Krasnodon . They were active during the Great Patriotic War until January 1943. They carried out several acts of sabotage and protest before being betrayed to the Germans...
.
She handed out leaflets and organized missions that included helping around two thousand men and women escape from Nazi prosecution.
On January 8, 1943, Shevtsova was arrested as a wireless operator. The members of the Young Guard had been betrayed and all of them were arrested as well. The Gestapo tortured her to find out the transmission codes, apparently without success and shot her on February 9, at the age of 18 years old.
Sources
- http://molodguard.narod.ru/guardian5.htm
- http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=1151