Rather Die Fighting: A Memoir of World War II
Frank Blaichman
Apr 2011 · Simon and Schuster
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Frank Blaichman was sixteen years old when the war broke out. In 1942, the killings began in Poland. With his family and friends decimated by the roundups, Blaichman decided that he would rather die fighting; he set off for the forest to find the underground bunkers of Jews who had already escaped. Together they formed a partisan force dedicated to fighting the Germans. This is a harrowing, utterly moving memoir of a young Polish Jew who chose not to go quietly and defied the mighty German war machine during World War II.
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Rock Wester
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January 13, 2020
You cannot argue with a firsthand account of events that were lived and remained so vividly. So many doubt but, no rational man can deny history. And, it is sad that history will so often be repeated.
Frank Jenkins
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March 26, 2020
Anything worth fighting for is very difficult. Democracy, respect and decency are worth fighting for. Thank you.
About the author
Frank Blaichman was born Franek Blajchman in Kamionka, Poland on December 11, 1922. For a time after the Germans invaded Poland in September 1939, he managed to bicycle about freely and ferried food from outlying farms into the village. When local Jews were rounded up in 1942, he said goodbye to his family and fled. He ended up in the forest, where he met others who had sought refuge and organized a defense force. He eventually commanded more than 100 armed Jewish partisans and they spent the war disrupting German supply lines and communications and ferreting out Poles who were collaborating with the Nazis. After the war, he was assigned to the Polish Security Police and tracked down Nazi collaborators. In 1951, he and his wife immigrated to the United States and settled in the New York area. He became a builder and developer and was active in promoting the legacy of the partisans. His memoir, Rather Die Fighting: A Memoir of World War II, was published in 2009. He died on December 27, 2018 at the age of 96.
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