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Jewish Partisan Tuvia Bielski

Tuvia Bielski and his brothers led one of the largest partisan units fighting in the resistance movement against Nazi Germany.

Last Updated: June 28, 2022

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English — US

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History

The Holocaust

Tuvia Bielski, oldest of the Bielski brothers, led a partisan group in the forest of Belarus committed to resisting the Germans and saving Jewish lives.

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A curation of educational resources for school groups visiting the New England Holocaust Memorial.

A stone sign on the right reads Holocaust, with three glass pillars in view at the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston, MA.

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Help your students be thoughtful, engaged viewers of Schindler's List with these lesson plans that foster reflection and make contemporary connections to the history.

Picture of a little girl in a red coat standing in front of people.

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Find interview transcripts, historical overviews, and primary source documents about a particular Jewish partisan or country.

Russian partisans, one of them photographer Faye Schulman, gathering together in the forest, Naliboki Forest, Belarus, December 1944. The Molotava Brigade was a partisan group made up mostly of escaped Soviet Army POWs. The woman pictured is Faye Schulman, a Jewish woman who fled into the Naliboki forest with her camera equipment and joined the Molotova Brigade. For two years in the forest she photographed the partisan's activities, worked as medical aid and participated in the partisans raid's.

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Explore the stories of Jewish partisans that stood against Nazi oppression, genocide, and antisemitism during World War II.

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Students prepare for their study of Schindler's List by creating a contract establishing a thoughtful, respectful, and caring classroom community.

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Students are introduced to the history of ideas, events, and decisions that shaped the world of Schindler’s List.

Nazi officers stand guard and march at Wawel Castle in Krakow, Poland.

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Students experience a thoughtful viewing of Schindler's List by completing activities immediately before and after watching it that help them reflect and process reactions.