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Defiance by Nechama Tec
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it was amazing
bookshelves: holocaust, read-in-2008, holocaust-general-nonfiction, holocaust-resistance

There are two books about the Bielski partisan group that I know of; the other is Peter Duffy's The Bielski Brothers. Both books were good but I found Tec's to be the better of the two. Her writing gave a better sense of what daily life was like in the Bielski camp, possibly because she herself was a "hidden child" Holocaust survivor. Tec was also able to interview Zus and Tuvia Bielski before their deaths, whereas Duffy didn't start writing his book until the brothers (excepting Aron, the youngest, who was only a child during World War II) were all dead.

The story is a fascinating one which deserves to be better known. The Bielski brothers are the closest thing to real-life Robin Hoods that I know of, and there ought to be a movie about them. Both books are worth reading but if you can only get one, get Defiance.
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August 29, 2008 – Shelved
August 29, 2008 – Shelved as: holocaust
August 29, 2008 – Shelved as: read-in-2008
March 7, 2011 – Shelved as: holocaust-general-nonfiction
March 7, 2011 – Shelved as: holocaust-resistance

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message 1: by Sally (new)

Sally Thanks for this helpful review. I was confused because I read The Bielski Brothers by Patrick Duffy and thought the movie Defiance was made from that publication. I had not realized another book about rhe Bielki'a had been published.


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