Fugitives of the Forest - Softcover

Levine, Allan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0773761977 ISBN 13: 9780773761971

Publisher: Stoddart Publishing,Canada, 2001

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The heroic story of Jewish resistance and survival during the Second World War.

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Review:

In Canada:

"Allan Levine's ambitious chronicle...meticulously researched...is a must read for those who wonder about organized Jewish resistance to the Holocaust."
--"Globe and Mail"

"[This] book justifies itself historically and morally. Levine's sober tone is, after all, a retort to the livid obscenity of history."
--"Toronto Star"

"For those of us who participated in the events detailed in this book, its significance lies in the author's ability to chronicle our thoughts, our moods, our objectives, our tragedies, and our sufferings, as well as our hopes, dreams, and victories."
--Peter Silverman, a former resistance fighter"Allan Levine's ambitious chronicle...meticulously researched...is a must read for those who wonder about organized Jewish resistance to the Holocaust."
--"Globe and Mail"

"[This] book justifies itself historically and morally. Levine's sober tone is, after all, a retort to the livid obscenity of history."
--"Toronto Star"

"Allan Levine has written an important book...He tells the story of Jewish armed resistance in Eastern Europe very well. He weaves personal vignettes, often poignant into his narrative...His graphic and gripping account should ensure a wide readership."
--"Winnipeg Free Press""I hope that "Defiance" will inspire [people] to learn more about the true story. They can read about it in Allan Levine's amazing book, "Fugitives of the Forest". I couldn't believe these people's will to survive."--Actress Alexa Davalos, who plays Lilka Ticktin, the love and future wife of Tuvia Bielski. (buzzine.com)

"This is a story told just in time, for the many eye witnesses are dying every year now. But Levine carefully documents their accounts and reconstructs a powerful moment of triumph in the middle of the modern world's greatest catastrophe." --Doug Wead, U.S. presidential historian, philanthropist, and Special Assistant to U.S. President George H. W. Bush

For those of us who participated in the events detailed in this book, its significance lies in the author s ability to chronicle our thoughts, our moods, our objectives, our tragedies, and our sufferings, as well as our hopes, dreams, and victories. Peter Silverman, a former resistance fighter Allan Levine s ambitious chronicle meticulously researched is a must read for those who wonder about organized Jewish resistance to the Holocaust. Globe and Mail [This] book justifies itself historically and morally. Levine s sober tone is, after all, a retort to the livid obscenity of history." Toronto Star Allan Levine has written an important book He tells the story of Jewish armed resistance in Eastern Europe very well. He weaves personal vignettes, often poignant into his narrative His graphic and gripping account should ensure a wide readership. Winnipeg Free Press I hope that Defiance will inspire [people] to learn more about the true story. They can read about it in Allan Levine's amazing book, Fugitives of the Forest. I couldn't believe these people's will to survive. Actress Alexa Davalos, who plays Lilka Ticktin, the love and future wife of Tuvia Bielski. (buzzine.com) This is a story told just in time, for the many eye witnesses are dying every year now. But Levine carefully documents their accounts and reconstructs a powerful moment of triumph in the middle of the modern world's greatest catastrophe. Doug Wead, U.S. presidential historian, philanthropist, and Special Assistant to U.S. President George H. W. Bush"

"For those of us who participated in the events detailed in this book, its significance lies in the author's ability to chronicle our thoughts, our moods, our objectives, our tragedies, and our sufferings, as well as our hopes, dreams, and victories." --Peter Silverman, a former resistance fighter"Allan Levine's ambitious chronicle...meticulously researched...is a must read for those who wonder about organized Jewish resistance to the Holocaust."--Globe and Mail "[This] book justifies itself historically and morally. Levine's sober tone is, after all, a retort to the livid obscenity of history."--Toronto Star "Allan Levine has written an important book...He tells the story of Jewish armed resistance in Eastern Europe very well. He weaves personal vignettes, often poignant into his narrative...His graphic and gripping account should ensure a wide readership."--Winnipeg Free Press "I hope that Defiance will inspire [people] to learn more about the true story. They can read about it in Allan Levine's amazing book, Fugitives of the Forest. I couldn't believe these people's will to survive." --Actress Alexa Davalos, who plays Lilka Ticktin, the love and future wife of Tuvia Bielski. (buzzine.com)"This is a story told just in time, for the many eye witnesses are dying every year now. But Levine carefully documents their accounts and reconstructs a powerful moment of triumph in the middle of the modern world's greatest catastrophe." --Doug Wead, U.S. presidential historian, philanthropist, and Special Assistant to U.S. President George H. W. Bush

From the Back Cover:

As the Second World War and the Nazi assault on Europe ended, some 25,000 Jews, entire families in some instances, walked out of the forests of Eastern Europe. For three years, these men, women, and children had miraculously survived, eluding Nazi hunts and Soviet, Polish, and Ukrainian partisans who often killed first and asked questions later. They had escaped from the Nazi ghettos and slave labor camps and formed secret partisan camps in the surrounding forests. The forest not only protected them, it also became their base for sabotage and resistance efforts against the Germans and their allies. Based on numerous interviews with the survivors themselves, Fugitives of the Forest tells their harrowing and heroic stories--including that of Tuvia Bielski and his rescue of more than 1,200 Jews from a certain death, the subject of the major motion picture Defiance.

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