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The Avengers

by Rich Cohen

ISBN: 0375405461
ISBN-13: 9780375405464
Format: Hardcover

Summary

This World War II history tells the story of Abba Kovner and his band of Jewish guerrillas who bravely led a successful resistance against the Nazis, fighting in the forests and in the towns of Lithuania. Kovner and many of his associates later emigrated to Israel and helped form the Haganah.

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"Cohen is a gifted writer with a special talent for rendering mood and atmosphere, and this is a tremendous story, but he fails to explore it in all of its complexity. Yes, the partisans of Vilna were heroes, but Cohen turns them into superheroes, which only detracts from the courage of their acts." -- Jonathan Mahler

-- Washington Post Book World

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 2000
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.25 pounds
Pages: 261

Publisher's Notes

Describes the World War II accomplishments of a daring team of Jewish guerrillas, led by Abba Kovner and his chief lieutenants, two teenage girls, Vitka Kempner and Ruzka Korczak, their struggle in the ghetto and in the Baltic forests, their plan for revenge against the Nazis, and their efforts to build new lives for themselves as part of the new state of Israel.

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