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Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews (edit title)

Peter Duffy (Author) (edit contributors)

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In 1941, three brothers witnessed their parents and two other siblings being led away to their eventual murders. It was a grim scene that would, of course, be repeated endlessly throughout the war. Instead of running or giving in to despair, these brothers -- Tuvia, Zus, and Asael Bielski --... read more

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IN THE LATER YEARS of the 1800s, Elisheva and Zusva Bielski, the grandparents of Tuvia, Asael, and Zus, settled on a plot of farm in the tiny village of Stankevich in the Belorussian region of tsarist Russia.

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