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12. Sept. 1986 · Partisans of Vilna: Directed by Joshua Waletzky. With Abba Kovner, Alexander Bogen, Roberta Wallach. This film tells the story of the men and women who formed the Jewish partisan movement in Vilna, Lithuania, during World War II.
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- Abba Kovner, Alexander Bogen, Roberta Wallach
- Joshua Waletzky
An enormously riveting and inspirational tale of WWII and the Holocaust, Partisans of Vilna chronicles the amazing endeavors of the Jewish resistance fighters. Highly acclaimed during its theatrical run, the film has been described as "a stirring, extremely honest and heart rending celebration" ( New York Magazine ).
Partisans of Vilna is a feature-length documentary film that explores Jewish resistance during World War II. It recounts the untold tale of the moral dilemmas facing Jewish youth who organized an underground resistance in the Vilna ghetto, and fought as partisans in the woods against the Nazis.
A large group of partisans in occupied Soviet territory hid in a forest near the Lithuanian capital of Vilna. They were able to derail hundreds of trains and kill over 3,000 German soldiers. Life as a partisan in the forest was difficult.
Jewish partisans who fought in the Rudniki Forest, in the city center after liberation. Vilna, 14 July 1944 Top row, middle: Abba Kovner The photo was taken by a military reporter from Moscow, after the fighting on the streets of besieged Vilna abated. Yad Vashem Photo Archives EO9/120
Die Wilnaer Partisanenlieder unterscheiden sich in verschiedener Hinsicht von anderen Ghettoliedern: sie sind mutiger bei der Themenwahl, sie rufen offen zu gewalttätigem Widerstand und Rache auf, und sie beschwören die Niederlage des Feindes und den eigenen heroischen Sieg.
History. The City of Vilna. Vilnius, known as Vilna in Yiddish, is the cultural and financial capital of Lithuania. Located in southern Lithuania on the Viliya River, Vilna is built on river terraces, with the outskirts on densely wooded plateaus.
