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Will to Survive
Former Jewish partisan Aron Bell discusses the Bielski brothers' determination to save Jewish lives during the Holocaust.
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English — USSubject
- History
- Social Studies
- Resistance
- The Holocaust
Will to Survive
Will to Survive
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