Table of Contents

FOREWORD BY EDWARD ZWICK, FILM DIRECTOR; NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR; 1. Before the War; 2. The Russian Occupation; 3. The German Invasion; 4. The Beginning of the Bielski Otriad; 5. Escapes from the Ghetto; 6. The Partisan Network; 7. Rescue or Resistance; 8. Eluding the Enemy; 9. The Big Hunt; 10. Building a Forest Community; 11. The Emergence of New Social Arrangements; 12. The Fate of Women; 13. Keeping Order; 14. The End of the Otria; 15. From Self-Preservation to Rescue; NOTES; BIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX; ORGANIZATION OF THE BIELSKI OTRIAD; GLOSSARY; INDEX

About the Author

Nechama Tec is Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut, Stamford. She is the author of six books, including In the Lion's Den: The Life of Oswald Rufeisen, the winner of the 1990 Christopher Award, When Light Pierced the Darkness, and Dry Tears, a memoir of her experiences during the years of the Nazi occupation of Poland

Reviews

"Excellent."--David Denby, The New Yorker

"Excellent."--David Denby, The New Yorker