Nechama Tec
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
The prevailing image of European Jews during the Holocaust is one of helpless victims. But in fact, many Jews struggled against the terrors of the Third Reich. This is the riveting history of one such group, a forest community numbering more than 1,200 Jews, that carried out the largest armed rescue operation of Jews by Jews in World War II. Nechama Tec reconstructs the amazing details of how these men and women of all ages—hungry, largely unarmed,...
5) Defiance
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chronicles the rescue efforts of Jewish partisans led by the Bielski Brothers, who fought against the Nazis in the on the Polish-Russian border.
Author
Language
English
Description
Approximately 1.1 million Jewish children were murdered during the Holocaust. This book from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies tells the story of the Holocaust through the eyes, and the fates, of its youngest victims. Documents and complementary text examine the arc of persecutory policies directed against European Jewry and its impact upon Jewish children and adolescents. Additional chapters reflect...