Defiance

Mordechai Berkowitz, a blacksmith, established a workshop

The makeup of these councils shifted continuously. Some members were murdered, others resigned. More often than not, those who resigned were also murdered. Still others committed suicide.

The three Russians were glad to meet the five fugitives. They were particularly interested in

Then Sonia Boldo was whisked away by her friend Chaja Bielski. Excitement banished all tiredness and all desire for sleep.

Luba Rudnicki was a cousin of Tuvia’s first wife, Rifka, and the divorce did not disturb Luba’s and Tuvia’s friendship.

In part, because the three most powerful men in the otriad, Tuvia, Asael, and Malbin, wanted to save as many Jews as possible and regardless of who they otherwise were, this policy prevailed.

one. But if hundreds of people enter at once then everyone sinks more deeply.

One Bielski partisan, Oppenheim, a man in his forties, was a talented locksmith. He came to the forest with his son from Novogródek ghetto.

Tuvia’s leadership qualifications have been attributed to “a great appearance, now we call it charisma. Tuvia was the most handsome of men, very masculine. When on a horse, Tuvia really looked great. He knew how to keep a distance between himself and the people. They respected him.”