This title is licensed for public performance by the MPLC umbrella license. During the darkest hours of World War II, three brothers achieved the impossible: they transformed persecution and violence into an incredible tale of affirmation and survival. Living in the Soviet Republic of Belorussia, Tuvia, Asael, and Zus Bielski fled to the woods to escape the Nazis. There they build an elaborate village for rescued Jews. The forest haven mounted guerrilla attacks against the enemy, their priority was saving their people.