Review: Defiance
Nutzerbericht - Goodreadsthis is an amazing book. not just because it held my interest from chapter to chapter, but because the story is true and incredible. My husband rented the movie and when he told me it was a true story ...
Review: Defiance: The Bielski Partisans
Nutzerbericht - Eddy Allen - GoodreadsThe prevailing image of European Jews during the Holocaust years is one of helpless victims under a death sentence, unable to fight consignment to the ghettos, to the camps, and to the gas chambers ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Defiance
Nutzerbericht - Steve - GoodreadsThis book is about a group of Jewish partisans who worked to save Jews from the Nazis in (then) western Poland during WWII. Well researched, with many first had interviews, this book contains lots of ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Defiance: The Bielski Partisans
Nutzerbericht - Daniel L. - GoodreadsA Critically Important Chronicle of True Heroes The passivity of the Jews during the Holocaust is a hotly debated topic - why are the Jews of World War II Europe so often portrayed as being passive ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Defiance: The Bielski Partisans
Nutzerbericht - Emma Kelleway - GoodreadsI decided to read Defiance because last year I saw the film version of it and I enjoyed the film (even though it was sad) and found the film very interesting. So I finally brought a copy of the book ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Defiance
Nutzerbericht - Rebecca - GoodreadsI'll admit it, I had never heard of this until I saw the movie, and was immediately attracted by "based on a true story." How based? What story? This set me off on a hunt for the book it was based on ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Defiance: The Bielski Partisans
Nutzerbericht - Bob - GoodreadsReally fascinating, to learn about a story few have heard. A group of Polish Jews, hated by the Nazis on one side, the Bolsheviks on the other, and their neighbors in the middle, banded together to ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Defiance: The Bielski Partisans
Nutzerbericht - Gloria Piper - GoodreadsDefiance tells the story about Jews during WWII, not as meek victims but as fighters for survival. Tuvia Bielski, a Belorussian peasant, has the necessary charisma to lead an independently minded ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Defiance: The Bielski Partisans
Nutzerbericht - Henry Stolow - GoodreadsI would highly recommend this book to any reader who is fascinated in true World War 2 combat stories. This book tells of the exhilarating true story of three Belorussian brothers who saved Jews while ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Defiance: The Bielski Partisans
Nutzerbericht - Masha K. - GoodreadsThis is not a novelization of the movie, but an actual true story of the Bielsky brothers. The language is a bit heavy, but worth getting through. The book does not idealize the brothers, but shows ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
