The Bielski Partisans:     fighting back: a ‘forestJerusalem’ story

Novogrudok is a small city in Western Belarus (formerly Byelorussia).  A country of rolling hills with thousands of streams and lakes, over 40% of its territory is dense primeval forest where wolves, bears, wild boars, and bison roam.  Once the hunting grounds of Russian and European aristocracy, it was also important and well-known centre of Jews who lived there since the 15^thcentury. Read more