Nechama Tec, survivor whose book about the Bielski partisans inspired film ‘Defiance,’ dies at 92
When Tec set out to write a book about the Bielski brothers, she sought to fill in omissions and correct distortions created by their almost-total excision from historical accounts of the Holocaust.
University of Connecticut sociologist and historian Nechama Tec's 1993 book “Defiance: The Bielski Partisans” was adapted for a 2008 film directed by Edward Zwick.(photo credit: JEWISH WOMEN'S ARCHIVE)ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA, BEN HARRIS/JTA
