As the Second World War and the Nazi assault on Europe ended; some 25;000 Jews; entire families in some instances; walked out of the forests of Eastern Europe. For three years; these men; women and children had miraculously survived eluding Nazi hunts and Soviet; Polish; and Ukrainian partisans who often killed first and asked questions later. They had escaped from the Nazi ghettos and slave labor camps and formed secret partisan camps in the surrounding forests. The forest not only protected them; it also became their base for sabotage and resistance efforts against the Germans and their allies. Based on numerous interviews with the survivors themselves; Fugitives of the Forest tells the harrowing and heroic story of those who resisted amid such perilous conditions. Among them:The remarkable story of Tuvia Bielski and his rescue of more than 1;200 Jews from a certain death (subject of the major motion picture DEFIANCE; to be released December 2008)
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful. What is Bad is GoodBy Paul RichardsGrowing up in California; in the Bay Area; I went through the educational system here and reached adulthood thinking that all the indigenous people who used to occupy the land in my backyard were gone. But a few years ago; there was a news story about the response to a small notice placed in a local newspaper announcing a construction project on the site of an old indian burial ground. 5000 people showed up. I was surprised. Then I was ashamed to be part of this lie; to have believed that they were no longer around and we could just sit in our backyards without a thought of who we robbed to get this land. Deborah Miranda's book; Bad Indians; brings the truth of the Bay Area genocide to light. And it lights up the story with the impact of the settler brutality on her and her family going back more generations than any settler group could ever imagine. It is a story that should be required reading for every Californian and every school child.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I'd strongly recommend this to anyone looking to learn more about the ...By AiAn incredible read that grabs and doesn't let go. I'll say first off that you should block off time for this book--it's not something you should read in multiple sittings; and you honestly won't want to read it that way. Miranda defies genre as she mashes together archival sourced-history with personal memoir with tribal history with poetry with essay with visual work. Her rich writing--and oh my GOD is it rich; it's so beautiful--really makes the story she's telling all the more rich and vivid. It's also incredibly accessible; and really important for people to read. I'd strongly recommend this to anyone looking to learn more about the ongoing effects of settler colonialism and the logics of elimination that accompany it0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. IntenseBy JesseScattered; beautiful; and disturbing. An important work; illuminating previously untold stories of California Indians with vivid imagery; poetry and narration.
