Defiance(2008)
Freedom begins with an act of defiance
Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.
Movie: Defiance
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Tuvia Bielski
Zus Bielski
Asael Bielski
Lilka Ticktin
Shimon Haretz
Isaac Malbin
Ben Zion Gulkowitz
Tamara Skidelsky
Riva Reich
Yitzhak Shulman
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