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Defiance

Defiance Paperback - 2008

by Tec, Nechama

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A holocaust survivor tells of the largest armed rescue of Jews by Jews during World War II. Tec describes an extraordinary hidden forest community of 1,200 Jews who were led by peasant-turned-partisan Tuvia Bielski.

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Oxford University Press, USA, 2008. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Defiance
  • Author Tec, Nechama
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New York, New York
  • Date 2008
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Movie/TV Tie-In, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0195376854I4N00
  • ISBN 9780195376852 / 0195376854
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.2 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 3.05 cm)
  • Reading level 1030
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1930's
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
    • Cultural Region: Russian
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Topical: Holocaust
  • Library of Congress subjects Jews - Persecutions - Belarus, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Belarus
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009290304
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.831

From the publisher

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-352) and index.

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About the author

Nechama Tec is Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut, Stamford. She is the author of six books, including In the Lion's Den: The Life of Oswald Rufeisen, the winner of the 1990 Christopher Award, When Light Pierced the Darkness, and Dry Tears, a memoir of her experiences during the years of the Nazi occupation of Poland

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