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Helen with her mother Esther before the war. Helen (bottom right) with two of her cousins from Lida before the war. Her cousins did not survive. 1_terris Helen and Esther in Bad Gastein DP camp. 5. Helen with friends in a DP camp 4. Helen with a few friends in a DP camp 3. Helen with friends in one of the DP camps. First photo taken in this country-Helen, Esther and Helen’s step father, Joe. Esther met him in the DP camp. This is in Passaic, NJ in front of their apartment Helen and her husband, Harry before they were married. Helen and Harry’s wedding photo - November 27, 1955 A family photo of Helen and Harry with their children, Rita and Mark Rita’s wedding. August 9, 1987 Helen and Esther in front of the Holocaust Memorial in Miami Beach, Florida. 2_terris Helen and Harry’s 60th wedding anniversary Helen’s presentation of her story to a rehabilitation facility in Freehold, NJ Helen’s granddaughter, Jacqueline’s wedding to Cedric Dana- November 16, 2016 image0 (1)
Poland Partisan

Helen Terris

Helen Terris (née Elinka Cyderowicz) was born in Lida, Poland on September 8, 1935, the only child to mother Esther Thurston Cyderowicz (née Esia Thurston), a homemaker, and father Aaron Cyderowicz, a businessman. Before the war, Helen and her family lived a comfortable and privileged life. Her father went...

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Poland Partisan

Ruth Resnik

Ruth Kaplow (Raschka Kaplowitz) was born in 1924, in the town of Krivitz, Belarus. Her mother, Genya, passed away in 1928 and...

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Poland Partisan

Rita Gurwitz Yelgin

Rita Gurwitz Yelgin was born on June 21, 1921, in Slonim, Lithuania, and grew up in Grodno, Poland. She lived with her...

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USSR Partisan

Samuel Boymel

Samuel Boymel was born on May 5, 1923, in the Volhynia province of Turisk, Ukraine. He lived with his mother, Rochel, and...

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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.

A place for families of Jewish partisans from World War II to connect and share their stories.

Approximately 30,000 Jews fought back during the Holocaust as Jewish partisans. They fought in organized, armed resistance groups throughout Europe, saving thousands and striking back at their oppressors in countless ways.

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