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Beyond courage

the untold story of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust
Examines the true stories of a variety of Jews and Noble Gentiles in World War II who helped the Jewish resistance in Nazi Europe through sabotage, rescue, and guerilla warfare operations done clandestinely.

Resilience and courage

women, men, and the Holocaust
2003
A collection of personal narratives in which men and women explore how their lives were affected by the Holocaust.

The avengers

a Jewish war story
2000
Chronicles the experiences of a band of Jewish guerrillas who joined the Russian army in its attack on Vilna, the capital of Lithuania, in 1944.

In the shadow of the swastika

1998
He was known as a Warsaw ghetto smuggler, then as Comandante Enrico. He traveled under false identity papers and worked at a German border patrol station. Throughout the years of the Holocaust, Hermann Wygoda lived a life of narrow escapes, daring masquerades, and battles that almost defy reason.

Double jeopardy

gender and the Holocaust
1998
A collection of essays examining the Holocaust from the perspective of gender.

The Warsaw Ghetto and uprising

2015
The German invasion of Poland in 1939 gave the Nazis the opportunity to implement their master plan to eliminate Europe's Jews. Part of the plan encompassed confining the Jews in a restricted area of Warsaw to make their survival difficult, followed by mass transportation of survivors to concentration camps, where they were killed.

From the ashes of Sobibor

a story of survival
1997

The Bielski brothers

Jerusalem in the woods
2009
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.

The avengers

a Jewish war story
2001
Chronicles the experiences of a band of Jewish guerrillas who joined the Russian army in its attack on Vilna, the capital of Lithuania, in 1944.

The Bielski brothers

the true story of three men who defied the Nazis, saved 1,200 Jews, and built a village in the forest
2003

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