Defiance

People fell asleep in spite of being wet and weighted down by mud.

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

Shocked, the Belorussian said, “I don’t want to. I will help you. Come, let me take you back to your hiding place!”

With his calm, Tuvia Bielski tried to influence those around him. At times of great danger he remained patient and quiet, and because of it we did not have many victims.

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.

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

That evening her father supplied the Belorussian guards with generous quantities of vodka. Drunk and unable to attend to their duties, these guards did not turn on the searchlights that covered a large area around the ghetto.

When Sulia stuck to her initial story she was beaten.

With warmth and dryness, a tree, a ditch on the edge of a country road, or even an open field could serve as a resting place.