Historian's account of the Bielski partisans brought their successful fight against the Nazis to light, and was adapted into 2008 movie starring Daniel Craig
Live in LA through Feb. 6, Jordan Bielsky performs saga of brothers who saved 1,250 Jews in WWII; other family members amplify ancestors' heroism in film, exhibit and classroom
Made as a film school thesis project, 'NAKAM' is inspired by Motele Schlein, who was killed in a Nazi ambush, but whose violin survived as symbol of resistance and is still played
Director Roman Shumunov tells the story of Leonid Berenshtein, who climbed the ranks in the underground, eventually discovering the factory producing Hitler's dreaded V2 rockets
Film features archival images and interviews from eight fighters who fled from persecution to battle German occupiers, countering narrative that Jews did not resist regime
In 'The Light of Days,' author Judy Batalion tells the extraordinary tale of myriad brave females who took leading roles in clandestine, armed struggle in ghettos and forests
Written in 1944 by Shalom Altarac, the often humorous 'Partisan Haggadah' is rooted in the bloody resistance against the Axis powers and joins a long tradition of haggadah parody
100-year-old Jozef Walaszczyk tells about brushes with death, work with the Polish underground, and getting false papers for his Jewish girlfriend, saving her and dozens of others
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