Recommended Reading

An in-depth look at both Jewish and non Jewish resistance during WWII.

The author, a Holocaust survivor, tells the history of the largest armed rescue operation of Jews by Jews during the Holocaust. She describes a forest community in western Belorussia of 1,200 Jews, who were led by peasant-turned-partisan Tuvia Bielski.

Tec compares the wartime experiences of women and men. Distinct coping strategies and the fate of each sex are discussed. Various Holocaust settings are analyzed: German occupation, ghettos, concentration and death camps, underground movements, the illegal Christian world and the forests.

Tec attempts to describe those men and women who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. The author examines sociological patterns, class relations, religious similarities as well as other factors.

In this ambitious and provocative study, Fordham University historian Teter (Blood Libel) exposes the links between Christian theology and racism and antisemitism.

The story of extraordinary heroism amidst unique depravity. A valuable addition to our understanding of the many facets of the Holocaust.