Nechama Tec tells the story of the largest armed rescue operation of Jews by Jews in World War II. Arguing that the success of the Bielski partisans; as the rescue organization came to be known; would have been unthinkable without the vision of one man; Tec offers penetrating insight into the group's commander; Tuvia Bielski. Tec brings to light the untold story of Bielski's struggle as a partisan who lost his parents; wife; and two brothers to the Nazis; yet never wavered in his conviction that it was more important to save one Jew than to kill twenty Germans. She shows how; under Bielski's guidance; the partisans smuggled Jews out of heavily guarded ghettos; scouted the roads for fugitives; and led retaliatory raids against Belorussian peasants who collaborated with the Nazis. Herself a Holocaust survivor; Nechama Tec here draws on wide-ranging research and never before published interviews with surviving partisans--including Tuvia Bielski himself--to reconstruct here the poignant and unforgettable story of those who chose to fight.
#1670390 in Books Marshall I Goldman 2008-05-27Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 6.20 x 1.00 x 9.30l; 1.10 #File Name: 0195340736256 pagesPetrostate Putin Power and the New Russia
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