The film “Defiance” told the story of the Bielski brothers, who led a group of partisans in fighting the Nazis and established a self-sustaining Jewish community in the forests of Belarus, but it didn ...

Nechama Tec, a Holocaust survivor and historian whose book about a group of Jews in Belarus who successfully defied the Nazis was made into the 2008 film “Defiance, “ died Aug. 3 in New York City, ...

The 2023 Gala event commemorates the 15th anniversary of Defiance, the 2008 film that introduced the partisan story of resistance to global audiences, and honors the Bielski brothers. Highlights of ...

(JTA) Nechama Tec, a Holocaust survivor and historian whose book about a group of Jews in Belarus who successfully defied the Nazis was made into the 2008 film “Defiance, “ died Aug. 3 in New York ...

Aug. 12—FAYETTEVILLE — The U.S. Army Airborne and Special Operations Museum will exhibit "Courage and Compassion: The Legacy of the Bielski Brothers" through November. This original, award-winning ...

(JTA) — Aron Bell, a Holocaust survivor and last remaining brother of the famed Bielski partisans who saved more than 1,200 Jews from the Nazis during the Holocaust, has died at 98. Bell, who later ...

The Fair Lawn Jewish Center/Congregation B'nai Israel is proud to present a program on the famed Bielski Brigade, Sunday evening, May 17, 2009, 6:00pm at the Fair Lawn Jewish Center, 10-10 Norma ...

Aron Bell of the Bielski brothers celebrates his 90th birthday in Palm Beach along with his wife, Henryka, family and friends at New Synagogue. (Photo: Carla Trivino / Palm Beach Daily News) By Carla ...

Aron Bell, who had been a teenage member of a daring brigade of Jewish partisans that during World War II attacked German troops in western Belorussia and rescued some 1,200 Jews from near-certain ...

Documentary filmmaker Julia Mintz has been collecting stories for over 20 years. A little over a decade ago, one stopped her in her tracks. It was the story of a young girl who encamped in a ditch and ...