TY  - BOOK
AU  - Luksa,Juozas
AU  - Vincė,Laima
AU  - Öhman,Jonas Ö
TI  - Forest Brothers: The Account of an Anti-Soviet Lithuanian Freedom Fighter, 1944–1948 
SN  - 9789633863541
AV  - D802.L5 D313 2009eb
U1  - 940.53/4793092 22
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Budapest, New York : 
PB  - Central European University Press, 
KW  - Guerrillas
KW  - Lithuania
KW  - Biography
KW  - Insurgency
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Personal narratives, Lithuanian
KW  - Underground movements
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Communism, Insurgency, Memoir, Personal narratives, Political violence, World War II
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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 Soviet security forces. At its zenith 28,000 guerilla fighters participated in battles and skirmishes throughout Lithuania, Lukša (partisan codename Daumantas) being one of the leaders. Forest Brothers also documents the role of women in the resistance, giving equal credit to these often silent partners. In 1948 Lukša and two comrades broke through the Iron Curtain on the Polish border. He sought training from the French intelligence and from the CIA. Lukša was flown back into the Soviet Union under the radar on the night of October 4, 1950. He managed to survive and operate eleven months until his near capture and death on the night of September 5, 1951. His account, written during 1948–1950, while he was living in hiding in Paris, describes in vivid scenes and dialogue the daily struggles of the resistance
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9789633863541
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789633863541
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789633863541/original
ER  -