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Phillip Alloy

'Interviews from the Underground,' a documentary short film, was produced by Phillip Alloy.

In 1995, while conducting genealogical research in the former Soviet republic of Belarus, Mr. Alloy became aware of Russia's World War II Jewish resistance movement. In order to keep this virtually unknown aspect of World War II history alive, Mr. Alloy began to document what little English language information is available on the subject.

He presented his initial findings in 1997 at the National Collegiate Research Conference (NCUR) at the University of Texas [Austin, Texas].

In 1999, under the auspices of the Charles Sullivan Fellowship grant, Mr. Alloy returned to Belarus to continue his research by interviewing surviving participants of Russia's Jewish partisan movement. During this research, he filmed 15 Jewish men and women for their memories of fighting against the Nazi's three-year reign of terror in the homeland. For many of those interviewed, Mr. Alloy's sessions marked the first time they had publicly recounted their memories of participation in the armed resistance movement.

Over twenty hours of film was gathered during this time. Of that film, two interviews have been excerpted and combined with historical material to form the documentary short 'Interviews from the Underground'. 'Interviews from the Underground' was completed in early 2000. Since that time it has been featured on a number of Internet film sites and been the subject of print and media reviews.

'Interviews from the Underground' is the basis for an upcoming feature documentary on the subject being planned by Mr. Alloy. During the summer of 2001 he will return to Belarus to continue filming and to gather archival material necessary to tell the remarkable story of Russia's World War II Jewish resistance movement.

Currently, Phillip Alloy is a graduate researcher in the University of Toledo [Ohio] Department of History.






	Phillip Alloy 'Interviews from the Underground,' a documentary short film, was produced by Phillip Alloy. In 1995, while conducting genealogical research in the former Soviet republic of Belarus, Mr. Alloy became aware of Russia's World War II Jewish resistance movement. In order to keep this virtually unknown aspect of World War II history alive, Mr. Alloy began to document what little English language information is available on the subject. He presented his initial findings in 1997 at the National Collegiate Research Conference (NCUR) at the University of Texas [Austin, Texas]. In 1999, under the auspices of the Charles Sullivan Fellowship grant, Mr. Alloy returned to Belarus to continue his research by interviewing surviving participants of Russia's Jewish partisan movement. During this research, he filmed 15 Jewish men and women for their memories of fighting against the Nazi's three-year reign of terror in the homeland. For many of those interviewed, Mr. Alloy's sessions marked the first time they had publicly recounted their memories of participation in the armed resistance movement. Over twenty hours of film was gathered during this time. Of that film, two interviews have been excerpted and combined with historical material to form the documentary short 'Interviews from the Underground'. 'Interviews from the Underground' was completed in early 2000. Since that time it has been featured on a number of Internet film sites and been the subject of print and media reviews. 'Interviews from the Underground' is the basis for an upcoming feature documentary on the subject being planned by Mr. Alloy. During the summer of 2001 he will return to Belarus to continue filming and to gather archival material necessary to tell the remarkable story of Russia's World War II Jewish resistance movement. Currently, Phillip Alloy is a graduate researcher in the University of Toledo [Ohio] Department of History.