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Jews without yellow stars : stories of Jewish partisan fighters in Nazi-occupied Belarus / by Hersh Smolar ; translated by Ruth Murphy, edited by Catherine Madsen, with an introduction by Dr. Solon Beinfeld.
LIBRA D802.B4 S6613 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smolar, Hersh, 1905-1993.
- Series:
- Yiddish rediscoveries
- Standardized Title:
- Yidn on gele laṭes. English
- Language:
- English
- Yiddish
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Belarus.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belarus--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Jews--Belarus--History--20th century.
- Jews.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belarus.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 327 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- Bilingual edition.
- Other Title:
- Yiden an gʻelʻe latʻes : dʻartseilungʻen fun Yidishʻe parṭizanʻer Natsi-aḳupirṭen Ṿeisrusland.
- יידן אן געלע לאטעס : דערציילונגען פון יידישע פארטיזאנער אין נאצי-אקופירטן ווייסרוסלאנד.
- Place of Publication:
- Teaneck, New Jersey : Ben Yehuda Press, [2024]
- Language Note:
- Parallel texts in English and Yiddish.
- Summary:
- "They were soldiers by circumstance, not by choice. Heroes by necessity, with nothing left to lose, Jewish resistance fighters fought back against the Nazis from strongholds deep in the primevals forests of World War II Belorussia. Among the most ferocious fighters were Jewish female partisans who had lost their children at the hands of the Germans. Hersh Smolar--a Polish Jew, prolific writer, and ardent activist--was front and center in the Jewish resistance. His short vignettes of partisan life in the Naliboki forest chronicle the quiet, relentless pursuit of the enemy and the ongoing efforts to liberate Jews from the Minsk ghetto. Ruth Murphy's translation of Smolar's Yiddish work gives us an intimate view of ordinary people forced into extraordinary circumstances; people who embarked on unimaginable missions to avenge the brutal murders of their friends, family, and way of life. These are battle reports delivered at a personal level, fraught with anger, heartache, and determination"--Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-327).
- ISBN:
- 9781963475531
- 1963475534
- OCLC:
- 1528851359
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