A place for families of Jewish partisans from World War II to connect and share their stories.
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Henry Lubell (Henryk Lubelski)


Henryk Lubelski was born in Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland on August 23, 1911. He was raised in a religious Jewish family and his parents, Yehudah and Sarah, emphasized the importance of education. Henryk’s father was a cantor and a shochet (ritual slaughterer). In 1916, the Lubelskis moved to Rawicz, a...

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David Elazar


David Elazar was born on September 16, 1919, in Kosovska Mitrovica, then part of Yugoslavia. David had eight siblings, Moshe, Nissim, Yaakov,...

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Robert Lesser (Rachmil Lazowski)


Robert Lesser was born Erachmil (Rachmil) Lazovski (Lazowski) on May 13, 1933, in Bielica, Poland (pronounced Belitza), what is now Belarus. Bielica...

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Irving (Itzchak) Resnik


Born May 22, 1922, in Novogrudok, Belarus to Aaron Isser and Chaika, Irving (Itzchak) Resnik was one of five children; he had...

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Betkhe Stul Solc


Betkhe Stul Solc was born in the village of Byenyakoni, Lithuania, in present-day Belarus. She lived with her parents, Yankel Zissel and...

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David Bakst


David Bakst was born to a loving Jewish family in Ivie, Poland (modern-day Belarus) on December 15, 1922. He had three siblings:...

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The biographies on this site are compiled from testimonies, recollections, transcripts, memoirs, and biographies of Jewish partisans, their children and their grandchildren.