Defiance: The Bielski Partisans (Audiobook)

from countrylife

This is a non-fiction book which sets down in chronological order, the events of WWII which impacted Polish Jews living in the area of Stankiewicze, Poland. From that town and that time was raised up heroes - the Bielski brothers. Fleeing to the forest for their lives, they came to the decision t...

from jzdro

Nechama Tec is a sociologist, and she here does scholarly work. The reader is confident of imbibing impressions that are as accurate as humanly possible when the Notes, detailing the source of every testimony, take up 45 of the 270 pages. The narrative flow of the work as a whole is chunky, thoug...

from starbox

Utterly inspiring account of three heroic Jewish brothers in WW2 Belarus; hiding from the Nazis in the vast, inhospitable forests, their initial small band of acquaintances rapidly becomes a small town, as more Jews flee the ghettos. Led by the charismatic Tuvia Bielski, his group stands out as o...

from Kraga

The story of what the Bielski brothers were able to accomplish during such dangerous and uncertain times is really incredible. I was disappointed in the format of the book. I was expecting to read a 5 star novel, but it was more like a term paper.