Defiance
Subtitle: the Bielski partisans
By: Nechama Tec.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Bielski, Tuvia; Jews -- Persecutions -- Belarus; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Belarus; World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance -- Belarus; World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Belarus; Belarus -- Ethnic relations
Description: The Bielski partisans operated in the forests of Belorussia, where they both fought the Nazis and attempted to rescue Jews. By 1944, they numbered 1,200 persons, and constituted the largest Jewish rescue operation in occupied Europe.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-255) and index.