Defiance: The Bielski Partisans

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.
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2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-02-2009; If you have patience; The story is incredible. However, it is written very poorly and the author repeats things to many times.; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-31-2009; Defiance: The Bielski Cowards; Anyone who is familiar with the real story knows that these "partisants" were cowards and butchers, nothing more. They were not real partisants- there is no evidence they killed one Nazi. The only war they waged was againts defenseless...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-30-2009; Exellent, must read.; Just saw the movie for the second time, loved it, a must see.liked the book also, the details are amazing, not impressed with Tec's writing style, to me it was static in it's flow, but the recorded info and research done by him is...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-28-2009; Not a good read; This is a great true story, but it's a dreadful read. It reminded me of a high-school term paper.; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-30-2009; Exellent, must read.; Just saw the movie for the second time, loved it, a must see.liked the book also, the details are amazing, not impressed with Tec's writing style, to me it was static in it's flow, but the recorded info and research done by him is...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-22-2006; Riveting Story; This was among the six books my dad loaned me recently. It's about time there is a book about Jews saving other Jews! This book is a deep and thorough study of the partisans who have managed to escape the ghettos, camps and imprisonment...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-02-2009; If you have patience; The story is incredible. However, it is written very poorly and the author repeats things to many times.; read full review | report as inappropriate