
Defiance
The Bielski Partisans
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Narrated by:
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Stefan Rudnicki
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By:
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Nechama Tec
About this listen
This is the riveting history of one such group: a forest community numbering more than 1,200 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, and exposed to harsh winter weather - managed not only to survive but to take on the dual role of fighters and rescuers. Under the guidance of their charismatic leader, Tuvia Bielski, they smuggled Jews out of heavily guarded ghettos, led retaliatory raids against Nazi collaborators, and offered protection to all Jewish fugitives who could find their way to them.
©1993 Nechama Tec (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Critic reviews
"An exciting story of rescuers and fighters - a story that should have been documented years ago....Defiance will no doubt engender further interest in the subject of Jewish partisan activity." ( Social Education)
Goes much further than the film could ever go
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An excellent....
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Hope & Love
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I was particularly struck by how useful an analysis it provides of the leadership qualities needed to inspire hope in a hopeless situation.
And I appreciated the way the narrator changed his voice ever so slightly to differentiate between quotes from male and female members of the group.
Excellent collation of eye witness accounts
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Hard going.
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