On that day most of its 1,500 inhabitants, including Pesia’s family, were shot on the outskirts of town.

Like most charismatic leaders, Tuvia was spontaneous.5 He felt free to pursue an agenda that required him to save as many of the doomed Jews as possible. In addition to using his personal ties and diplomacy, Tuvia tried to counteract the negative

Bread continued to be in short supply, a sought-after luxury.

Zus was tall, strong-looking, well-groomed, and sure of himself. He exuded masculine power. Obviously interested in women, his entire manner conveyed appreciation of the opposite sex. In the forest, for many women, Zus acted as an irresistible sexual magnet. After she met him Sonia’s reaction to Zus was very similar. “I was shaken. I never saw a ma

Joske. A gun owner, he identified himself as an independent partisan and a fighter. Dangling casually from his shoulder, his gun looked menacing. In the forest and countryside all armed men and women called themselves partisans.

one. But if hundreds of people enter at once then everyone sinks more deeply.

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.

Pesia had lost her entire family when they were taken out of the bunker.

When Sulia stuck to her initial story she was beaten.