Essie: The True Story of a Teenage Fighter in the Bielski Partisans
Essie Shor has written what would make a great novel, was it not in fact a true story. As a teenager in Poland when the Nazis arrived, she fled into the forest and joined the Bielski Partisans, a group of disparate people all of whom had one thing in common --they were Jews trying to survive. With tenacity, camaraderie, and a determination to staying alive and true to their Jewish values, Essie tells us how she and her fellow partisans waged their own war against evil. Essie is an important contribution to the understanding of the horrors of the Holocaust and the spirit of survival. --Abraham H. Foxman, a Holocaust survivor, is National Director of the Anti-Defamation League