The Bielski Brothers (History Channel)
by History
List Price:
Our Price: $4.71
You Save: $5.20 (52%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: DVD
See more DVD details
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD details
Actor: Asael Bielski, Tuvia Bielski, Zus BielskiDirector: History
Brand: A and E Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 50 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-03-31
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
Product features:
- Living in the Soviet Republic of Belorussia during World War II, Tuvia, Asael and Zus Bielski saved more than twelve-hundred of their fellow Jews from perishing in the Holocaust, yet their story has largely gone untold. The Bielski's built an elaborate village in the woods, from which they rescued Jews and mounted guerilla attacks against the Nazis. Their forest haven included a gun workshop, a ba
DVD Reviews of The Bielski Brothers (History Channel)
DVD Review: captivating story of resistance--EXCELLENT JOB, HISTORY CHANNEL !!!
Summary: 5 Stars
(4.75 stars)
This History Channel DVD tells the rarely heard of story of how three strong and brave hearted Jewish men, the Bielski brothers, fled the Nazis to seek refuge in the forest near their village in Belorussia. It also tells of how the Bielskis allowed and encouraged any other Jew seeking refuge the right to join them in their forest camp. The documentary flows in chronological order and it is replete with stories from actual survivors of World War II who lived in the Bielski camps, archival film footage, commentaries by children of the Bielski brothers and even some comments by the youngest Bielski brother, Aron.
The story is incredible. The Bielski brothers were tough--people all over their region in Belorussia knew of the Bielski brothers because they were THAT tough. When they initially hid in the forest, it was essentially just them. However, word travels; and so eventually more and more Jews risked their lives escaping from ghettos and trains to concentration camps to wander through the forest in the hopes of finding the Bielskis and their camp for refugee Jews. We see the Jewish group also working with Russian partisans against the Germans; and again they were very brave indeed. They did what they had to do to survive; and of course most of the stories we're told are not for very young children.
In particular, I loved the comments we get from the children of the Bielski brothers and the survivors who lived in the Jewish refugee camp run by the Bielskis. It's so meaningful and touching; indeed they're frequently so emotional that you'd have to have a heart made of stone not to be moved by it.
It may well seem like I've told you too much; but I left out much more so as not to spoil it for you. Believe me, the experience of watching this is extremely powerful and long-lasting; you won't forget this DVD anytime soon.
I just wish this ran a little bit longer! The story is fascinating. The DVD comes with no bonus features either; I guess that is a minor disappointment.
Overall, The Bielski Brothers is an outstanding installment in The History Channel series and I highly recommend this for anyone who wants to study World War II in general. People who are Jewish or studying Jewish history should get this as well.
Description of The Bielski Brothers (History Channel)
BIELSKI BROTHERS - DVD MovieThe true story behind Edward Zwick's Defiance is laid out in this brisk, straight-to-the-point account of the Bielski brothers, the leaders of a large, organized Jewish resistance effort during World War II. Escaped Jews from the ghettoes of Eastern Europe joined together in the woods under the leadership of Tuvia, Zus, and Asael Bielski, and for over two years they created their own hidden society of approximately 1200 people. This History Channel installment gathers together survivors of the partisan movement to tell stories, some of which are incredibly moving, such as the escape of Mike Stoll and his sister Bella from a train headed to a concentration camp. Another survivor recalls escaping the horror of the ghetto and coming upon the Bielskis in their forest enclave, where Jews were no longer under the heel of the enemy: "The whole camp was? something of a dream." The documentary's brevity means we don't get much depth on how the Bielski partisans actually survived from day to day, although a couple of the interviewees are frank about what they had to do to keep going. But this is balanced by the value of actually hearing the voices and seeing the faces of those who were there; when one woman sings a song of the camp, the decades suddenly collapse. As a companion piece to Defiance, it suggests the Zwick film was faithful to the facts, and to this story of heroism under terrible circumstances. --Robert Horton
Bestsellers in DVD
![The Story of Jeremiah [VHS] Image](/images/noimg.gif)
The Story of Jeremiah [VHS]Vision Video; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Wresting With God [VHS]by Vision Video
Vision Video; Published: 1990-10-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
Study Bible Video with Workbook [VHS]Spring Arbor Distributors; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $7.95
Price in other shops:
Tempo:Childrens TV Favourites Video [VHS]HarperCollins Audio; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $9.17
Price in other shops:
Tempo.Herbs:Parseley'Sb/ Party Video [VHS]HarperCollins Audio; VHS Tape; VHS Video
![Strike the Original Match [VHS] Image](/images/Strike-the-Original-Match-VHS-0001374079-X.jpg)
Strike the Original Match [VHS]New Liberty Films; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
![Medjugorje The Miracles and the Message [VHS] Image](/images/Medjugorje-The-Miracles-and-the-Message-VHS-0001373293-X.jpg)
Medjugorje The Miracles and the Message [VHS]JPN Film Production; Release date: 1995-12-15; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $29.99
Mayo Clinic Echocardiography Review Course for Boards and Recertification DVD 2008by Mayo
DVD
Price in other shops:
Pediatric Diagnostic Imaging DVD: Single Userby Oakstone
DVD
Price in other shops:
Cost Accounting [VHS]by Charles T. Horngren, George Foster, Srikant M. Datar, Howard Teall
Pearson Canada, Toronto; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Similar DVDs, VHS Video, Audio CDs
Hidden in SilenceEcho; Release date: 2010-07-06; DVD
Best price: $3.35
Price in other shops:
The Ritchie BoysNew Video; Release date: 2007-11-20; DVD
Best price: $10.27
Price in other shops:
Fugitives of the Forest: The Heroic Story of Jewish Resistance and Survival During the Second World Warby Allan Levine
Lyons Press; Published: 2008-10-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $10.89
Price in other shops:
The Only WayVideo Communications Inc.; Release date: 2010-07-27; DVD
Best price: $6.95
Price in other shops:
Fugitives of the Forest: The Heroic Story of Jewish Resistance and Survival During the Second World Warby Allan Levine
Lyons Press; Published: 2008-10-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.10
Price in other shops:
Broken SilenceUniversal Studios; Release date: 2004-03-09; DVD
Best price: $2.99
Price in other shops:
Nazi Hunters: The Real StoryDigital1stop; Release date: 2010-01-19; DVD
Best price: $3.28
Price in other shops:
Defianceby Nechama Tec
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 2008-12-26; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.90
Price in other shops:
The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jewsby Peter Duffy
Harper Perennial; Published: 2004-06-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.46
Price in other shops:
DefianceCRAIG,DANIEL; Release date: 2009-06-02; Published: 2009-06-01; DVD
Best price: $2.61
Price in other shops: