Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xiii
4. Acknowledgments xxi
5. Part One. Childhood and Youth (1918–1941)
6. 1. Childhood in Sevastopol and Youth in Vilna 1
7. 2. In Independent Lithuania 15
8. 3. Under Soviet Rule 28
9. Part Two. Holocaust and War (1941–1944)
10. 4. Hiding in a Monastery 39
11. 5. The Manifesto of January 1, 1942 57
12. 6. The Establishment and Training of the Underground 76
13. 7. The Wittenberg Affair 106
14. 8. The Last Days of the Ghetto 132
15. 9. In the Forest and with the Partisans 150
16. Part Three. Postwar Years in Europe and in Israel (1944–1949)
17. 10. From the Land of the Holocaust to the Land of Life 175
18. 11. The Bricha (Escape from Europe) and the East European Survivors’ Brigade 190
19. 12. Nakam—The Blood of Israel Will Take Revenge 210
20. 13. Information Officer of the Givati Brigade During the War of Independence 238
21. Part Four. A Life of Activity and Creativity (1949–1987)
22. 14. Serving the Party and at Odds with It 259
23. 15. The Holocaust and Jewish History 271
24. 16. The Kibbutz Rebbe 295
25. 17. Family and Friends 312
26. 18. Finis 324
27. Notes 339
28. Writings of Abba Kovner 385
29. Selected Bibliography 395
30. Index 399