Defiance Film Analysis

The 2008 movie Defiance tells the story of the three Bielski brothers, who were Jewish living in Belorussia. During the holocaust, three brothers (Zus, Tuvia, and Asael) refused to go into the ghettos that Jewish people were being forced to go into. These ghettos are one part of the movie that reflect the time period of the holocaust because millions of Jews were forced to live in rundown areas of the cities in the beginning of Hitler's rule. The brothers instead chose to live in the forests that they grew up in. Between 1941 and 1944, they stayed in the forests stealing or receiving food from local sympathizers, and rescuing other Jews from local ghettos. They created a society for about 1200 Jewish men, women, and children. They were different from other Polish or Russian Nazi deifiers (partisans) because they took in all Jews, not just fighters. This is another way that the movie reflected the Holocaust. Russian and Polish Partisans soldiers, were part of a movement that used guerilla warfare to defeat the Soviet Union. …show more content…
There were certain men who would defend the camp and go out on missions. This reflects the time period because while most holocaust movies show Jewish people as being completely helpless, there were many resistance movements from Jewish people during the holocaust, this camp included. Another way that this movie reflected history was how diverse the Jewish people were. It goes against the stereotypical view of Jewish people that many may have, by incorporating poor/rich, educated/non educated, and intellectual socialists/very religious people in the