Surviving the Holocaust With the Russian

Two cousins relate their experiences with Bielskis partisan brigade in war-torn Russia during the Second World War. Natives of Novogrodek, part of present-day Belarus, they describe Jewish life before the Holocaust and furnish a most moving account of ho

Foreword

vii

Sir Martin Gilbert

Preface to the Second Edition

ix

Preface to the First Edition

xi

Part One - My Life

Dov Cohen (Berl Kagan)

Novogrodek - the Town where I was Born

3

(12)

Our Family

15

(16)

The Time before the Germans Came

31

(9)

The First Massacre

40

(10)

The Ghetto

50

(7)

Escape to the Bielski Partisans

57

(20)

The Tunnel

77

(8)

Reunion and the End of the War

85

(8)

Building a New Life

93

(10)

Journey to the Homeland

103

(12)

Life in Israel

115

(6)

Part Two - How I Survived

Jack (Idel) Kagan

About Novogrodek

121

(11)

My Family and the War

132

(30)

Escape and Life with the Partisans

162

(63)

Liberation

225

(17)

A Visit

242

(13)

Appendix A: The History of the Exodus

255

(2)

Appendix B: The History of the Ordzhonikidze Detachment, Kirov Brigade

257

(14)

Appendix C: Combat Report: 9 July 1943 Operation from Novogrodek

271

(6)

Index

277

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Surviving the Holocaust With the Russian Jewish Partisans

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