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Over 25,000 Jewish partisans fought back against the Nazis. A new film tells 8 of their stories.

JL;DR SUMMARY Documentary filmmaker Julia Mintz presents "Four Winters," a poignant exploration of the lives and stories of eight Jewish partisans who participated in armed resistance against the Nazis during World War II. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryHolocaustWorld War IiNazi OccupationHolocaust ResistanceJewish ResilienceJewish PartisansArmed ResistanceJulia MintzFaye Schulman

Places mentioned

Belarus
"but a member of a network of Jewish partisans numbering over 25,000 who fought Nazis and their collaborators in the woods of Belarus, Ukraine and Poland."
Ukraine
"but a member of a network of Jewish partisans numbering over 25,000 who fought Nazis and their collaborators in the woods of Belarus, Ukraine and Poland."
Parczew, Lublin, Poland
"We didnt give up our faith, Isadore Farbstein, a partisan from Parczew, Poland, says in the film."
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Key to conveying how the partisans lived was the photography of Faye Schulman, one of the only known Jewish partisans to document the experience in pictures. Mintz rushed to Schulmans home in Toronto, taking flatbed scanners with her."

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