belarus

Tells the true story of partisans led by Tuvia Bielski, operating out of the forests of Western Belorussia, helped to save the lives of over 1,000 Jews during World War II.

During the darkest hours of World War II, three Russian brothers achieved the impossible: they transformed persecution and violence into an incredible tale of affirmation and survival.

Presents personal accounts from individuals affected by the aftermath of the 1986 nuclear reactor accident in Chernobyl that devastated 485 villages, killed thousands, and caused thousands to be born with catastrophic birth defects. The accounts reveal the fear, anger, and uncertainty of average citizens, firefighters, and workers called in to clean up the disaster.

A biography of the Soviet gymnast who won three gold medals in the 1972 Olympics and returned to win another in 1976.

Describes how three brothers, Tuvia, Zus, and Asael Bielski, fought back against the Nazis, saving more than one thousand Jews and establishing a hidden base deep in the forest.

The author shares the story of his father's struggle to stay alive during the Holocaust, telling of how Joseph Skakun, a yeshiva student in Poland in 1941, thwarted the Nazis by assuming a series of false identities, first as a Christian, then as a Muslim, and finally as a recruit of the Waffen SS.