Defiance – The Bielski Partisans

History depicts the holocaust as one of the worst incidents of genocide the world has ever seen. When we think of Jews during World War II our minds more often than not conjure up images of pale emaciated figures peering listlessly through chain link fences or the leering smokestacks of countless gas chambers belching plumes of smoke into the sky. Rarely do we see Jews during World War II as heroes of a daring resistance movement, defying Nazi rule and surviving the horrors of the war. And yet this week, we take a look at just such a group of Jews, united in their resistance against the Nazis and determined to survive at all costs.