Jews Killed And Then took Estates ... In order to win more people over to their side, they ordered the redistribution of land seized from [Polish] settlers and wealthy landholders to labourers, poor farmers and Jews . .... Not only did their Jewish neighbours fail to come to their assistance, but they prevented their escape. Shortly thereafter both of them were executed. A Polish high school student from Brzesc nad Bugiem (Brest Litovsk) recalled: ...