"Even
though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no
evil..."
July 1941.
Operation Barbarossa has begun. As the Nazi war machine violently liquidates
the Jewish quarters of Eastern Poland, sixteen-year-old Miriam is forced to
flee into the dense, unforgiving wilderness. In a heartbreaking act of
desperation to save her family's bloodline, she leaves her infant brother on a
haystack in a stranger's barn, praying for a miracle.
Armed with only
a sharp blade, a Swiss pocket watch, and her mother's gold Star of David hidden
beneath her clothes, Miriam disguises herself in her father's pants and coat.
To the outside world, she ceases to exist?she is now just a teenage boy
fighting to survive the elements.
But the forest
is far from empty.
Deep within the
shadows of the canopy, Miriam's path collides with the fierce, elusive fighters
of the underground partisan resistance. Operating from hidden bunkers and
launching deadly guerrilla strikes against the occupying forces, these
resistance fighters are the only line of defense left in hell. Blending into
their ranks, Miriam must quickly learn the brutal rules of forest warfare,
trade her innocence for a rifle, and fight back against an enemy that actively
hunts them down with tracking dogs.
Amid the daily
terror of sabotage missions and narrow escapes, Miriam finds an unexpected
sanctuary. Within the partisan camp, she discovers a burning love story built
on shared trauma, fierce loyalty, and the unyielding will to survive against
impossible odds.
Written by Rika
Berkovich and beautifully translated by Adam Lerch, Angels From The Forest is a sweeping, deeply
emotional Holocaust novel. Rich in historical detail and inspired by short
stories originally published in the 1980s, this gripping epic honors the
extraordinary bravery of hidden children, the tactical resilience of forest
partisans, and the human "angels" who risked everything to light a
candle in the darkest chapter of human history.
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