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World War II: At least 38 civilians were killed and about a dozen others injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy was attacked by a Soviet partisan unit with a contingent of Jewish partisans.
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1939–1945 global conflict
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World War II incident
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Jewish partisans
Anti-Nazi and anti-German fighting groups of Jews in World War II
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