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Book SynopsisChronicles the history of a Communist-led resistance movement inside the Minsk ghetto, which, through its links to its Belarussian counterpart outside the ghetto and with help from others, enabled thousands of ghetto Jews to flee to the surrounding forests where they joined partisan units fighting the Germans.
Trade Review"Very clear and lively... Epstein's book constitutes an important contribution to the English scholarly literature on the topic." -- Natalia Krasicka European Review Of History/Revue Europeenne D'histoire "Valuable [and] illuminating." The Jerusalem Report "Provides new insights with regard to the alliance between Jews and Communism." -- Kiril Feferman Studies in Contemporary Jewry
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Jewish-Byelorussian Solidarity in World War II Minsk 2. Why Minsk Was Different 3. The Minsk Ghetto 4. The Ghetto Underground 5. Solidarity in Wartime Minsk 6. Going to the Partisans 7. The Soviet Betrayal of the Minsk Underground 8. Strategies of Resistance Elsewhere: The Kovno Ghetto Conclusion Guide to Names Sources Index
