In the Birch Woods of Belarus: A Partisan’s Revenge will give readers a new understanding of the partisans and their contributions.  They will understand better that Jews did resist when they could.  This memoir will captivate students and adults alike, showing the courage and love of a young man for his family and his religion.  Sidney Simon is a role model not only for his bravery but also for his resilience, from despair comes hope—the blessings of love and family.

“The encounter between students and Holocaust survivors in classrooms throughout the United States is one of the most morally compelling and emotionally moving educational experiences available to students today. Words for All Time documents that experience, giving voice to the imperative that survivors feel to bear witness and to the response of students to that very act of witness. Sadly, they will be among the last to experience this privilege. Happily, the New Jersey Holocaust Commission has captured this experience in a work that is charming, moving and compelling.”

— Michael Berenbaum, Professor of Jewish Studies at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles and former Director of Research Institute at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C