"Barbara Epstein has written a revelatory book. Arduously and carefully, she brings to light and to life an aspect of the Holocaust in Belorussia that we did not know, showing us that the victims were not only victims but also fighters. And so were a good many people who were not Jews, yet joined with them to resist Nazi brutality."--Frances Fox Piven, author of "Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change America"
"When historian Barbara Epstein traveled to Minsk to learn Yiddish, the language of her ancestors, she got more than she bargained for. An amazing, forgotten story emerged that ran against the grain of almost all accounts of the Holocaust. "The Minsk Ghetto" is an invaluable, and deeply moving addition to Holocaust and World War II history."--Richard Walker, author of "The Country in the City: The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area"
"This richly researched, beautifully written account of one of the most important instances of inter-ethnic solidarity and resistance in face of the Holocaust packs an analytic punch as powerful as its emotional one."--Leo Panitch, author of "Renewing Socialism: Democracy, Strategy and Imagination"