1st Edition
Forest Brothers The Account of an Anti-Soviet Lithuanian Freedom Fighter, 1944-1948
By Juozas Luksa
Copyright 2009
422 Pages
by
Central European University Press
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... Read more
Introduction, Part I. The Decision to Stay on our Native Land, July 1944–July 1945, Part II. Choosing the Fate of a Partisan, July 1945–January 1946, Part III. On the Partisan Road, January 1946–May 1947, Part IV. Breaking Through the Iron Curtain to the West, June 1947–December 1947, Afterword, Appendix
Biography
Jouzas Lukša (1921–1951), also known by codename Daumantas or Skirmantas, was one of the most prominent post-World War II resistance leaders in Lithuania.
Laima Vince is a graduate of Columbia University, School of the Arts MFA program in Creative Writing, and the editor and translator of three anthologies of contemporary Lithuanian literature: The Earth Remains (Columbia University Press), Lithuania in Her Own Words (Tito Alba), and Raw Amber (Poetry Salzburg).
