Zina Portnov, 17 years oldA member of the underground komsomsomolska-youth organization "Young Avengers" scout guerrilla army Voroshilov in the territory of the Byelorussian SSR.Born in 1926 in Leningrad, he graduated from the 7 classes there and went on a summer holiday vacation with relatives in the village of Zuya Vitebsk region of Belarus. There she was, and found the war.In 1942, she joined the Obol underground Komsomol youth organization "Young Avengers" and was actively involved in distributing leaflets among the population and sabotage against the invaders.Since August 1943, Zina - scout guerrilla army Voroshilov. In December 1943 she was given the task to identify the reasons for the failure of the organization "Young Avengers" and establish contact with the underground. But when returning to Zina squad arrested.During interrogation, the girl grabbed the gun from the table Nazi investigator, shot him and two other Nazis, tried to escape, but was captured.From the book "Zina Portnov" Soviet writer Vasily Smirnov: "interrogated its most sophisticated in the brutal torture the torturers ... She promised to save lives, if only the young partisan in all recognized call the names of all known to her underground and partisans Again Gestapo met with surprises.. their unwavering firmness this stubborn girl who in their protocols was called "Soviet Bandidas." Zina, exhausted by torture, refused to answer questions, hoping that because it will kill you. ... One day in the prison yard the prisoners seen as very gray girl, when her led to another interrogation, torture, threw herself under the wheels of a passing truck. But the car was stopped, the girl pulled out from under the wheels and was taken in for questioning again ... ".January 10, 1944 in the village of Goriany now Shumilino district, Vitebsk region of Belarus 17-year-old Zina shot.The title of Hero of the Soviet Union Zinaida Portnova was awarded in 1958.
