The Resources and Links page offers suggested study guides, websites and books on the subject of the Bielski brothers and Jewish partisans during World War II.
Study Guides:
Courage & Compassion: The Legacy of the Bielski Brothers study guide, developed by the Florida Holocaust Museum to be used by students, teachers and docents.
Download a copy here.
Websites:
For information on the history of Novogrudok, see
www.novogrudek.co.uk/ developed by Bielski Otriad survivor, Jack Kagan.
The Novogrudok Museum of History and Regional Studies offers a website devoted to the Bielski Otriad and Jewish Resistance. Visit their website:
http://jrmn.info/en.
The Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation offers educational training and materials about the Jewish partisans including short films, photographs, and downloadable guides. For more information visit their website: www.jewishpartisans.org.
Books:
Duffy, Peter: The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Buildt a Village in the Forest and Saved 1,200 Jews. Harper Perennial, 2004.
Kagan, Jack: Novogrudok: The History of a Shtetl. Mitchell, Valentine, and Company, 2006.
Kagan, Jack: Surviving the Holocaust with the Russian Jewish Partisans. Mitchell, Valentine, and Company, 2001.
Tec, Nechama: Defiance: The Bielski Partisans. Oxford University Press, USA, 2008.
Shor, Essie: Essie: The True Story of a Teenage Fighter in the Bielski Partisans. Mindfulness Publishing, 2009.
Films:
Zwick, Edward: Defiance. Paramount Vantage, 2008. (Note: This film is rated R)
The History Channel: The Bielski Brothers: Jerusalem in the Woods. A & E Home Video, 2009.
Rennert, Sharon: In Our Hands: A Personal Story of the Bielski Partisans. To be released ...