Rather die fighting
Subtitle: a memoir of World War II
By: Frank Blaichman ; introduction and maps by  Martin Gilbert.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Arcade Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781559709170
Subjects: Blaichman, Frank; Jews -- Poland -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance -- Poland -- Biography; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Biography; Poland -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: Frank Blaichman was 16 when the Germans invaded Poland in 1939. He escaped deportation to a concentration camp by hiding in the forest, where he later formed a resistance movement and fought a guerilla campaign against the German army until the end of the war.
Table of contents: title: Days of terror and a decision to escape; title: From farmhouse to forest; title: Finding allies, killing collaborators; title: The raid on Leszec castle; title: Russian airdrops and sabotage missions; title: Final engagements and the Geman retreat; title: Return to Pland.