Forest Brothers : : The Account of an Anti-Soviet Lithuanian Freedom Fighter, 1944–1948 /

Forest Brothers : : The Account of an Anti-Soviet Lithuanian Freedom Fighter, 1944–1948 / / Juozas Luksa.

An autobiographical account of the armed resistance against the Soviet Union, which took place between 1944–1956. Published in English for the first time in unabridged form, Lukša's memoir remains one of the few reliable eye-witness accounts of the "Invisible Front", as dubbed by Sovi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
VerfasserIn:
Luksa, Juozas,
MitwirkendeR:
Vincė, Laima,
Öhman, Jonas Ö,
Place / Publishing House:Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]
©2009
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (422 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction. The Invisible Front: Lithuania’s Armed Resistance Against the Soviet Union
  • Part I. The Decision to Stay on our Native Land, July 1944–July 1945
  • Between Home and Kaunas
  • The Armed Resistance
  • Part II. Choosing the Fate of a Partisan, July 1945–January 1946
  • There Was No Other Choice
  • Part III. On the Partisan Road, January 1946–May 1947
  • Taking My First Steps as a Partisan
  • Taking on a Position of Leadership
  • Part IV. Breaking Through the Iron Curtain to the West, June 1947–December 1947
  • The First Journey
  • The West Recommends We Return and Wait
  • Afterword
  • A Journey into the Heart: A Post-War Love Story
  • An Account from the Post-War Borderlands
  • Appendix

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