About the book: 1961 / This book is about the unparalleled feat and courage of the Soviet people, who rose up in a holy war against the Nazi occupiers, about the heroism of hundreds of thousands of Soviet partisans and underground fighters. In it for the first time, generalizing materials are given about the main centers of the partisan movement in the USSR, about the actions of partisans on enemy communications, about the participation of Soviet people in the Resistance movement in European countries. The book shows various forms and methods of leading the partisan movement and political work among the population by underground party organizations, as well as the activities of the leading party bodies and headquarters of the partisan movement. Most of the authors are direct participants in the partisan struggle. A broad picture of the partisan and underground struggle, historical truthfulness, an accessible form of presentation of events and a large number of documentary photographs make the book interesting. It will be usefully read by participants in the partisan movement, party, Soviet, trade union, Komsomol activists, students of the party education system, cadets and students of military educational institutions, historians, scientists. Please send your reviews and suggestions to the address: Moscow, D-47, Miusskaya sq., 7, Gospolitizdat, editorial office of literature on the history of Soviet society.