Rather Die Fighting : A Memoir of World War II

Frank Blaichman was sixteen years old when the war broke out. In 1942, the killings began in Poland. With his family and friends decimated by the roundups, Blaichman decided that he would rather die fighting; he set off for the forest to find the underground bunkers of Jews who had already escaped. Together they formed a partisan force dedicated to fighting the Germans. This is a harrowing, utterly moving memoir of a young Polish Jew who chose not to go quietly and defied the mighty German war machine during World War II. Days of terror and a decision to escape From farmhouse to forest Finding allies, killing collaborators The raid on Leszec castle Russian airdrops and sabotage missions Final engagements and the Geman retreat Return to Poland. A gripping story of suffering, endurance, and the triumph against massive odds of the human spirit. Sir Martin Gilbert, from his...