A place for families of Jewish partisans from World War II to connect and share their stories.
1945   Philip Lazowski Grandfathers House in Bielica Parents   Chaya Gitel Halpern Lazowski  Josef Lazowski 1929 1955   Philip  Ruths Wedding Dec 11 1955 1956   Beth Shalom Hebrew School 1970   Rabbi 2000   with Abe Goldstein 2013   Rabbi  Ruth Israel 1970 - Rabbi 2000 - Rabbi 2005 - Lazowski Family Willie Moll, Ted Winestone and Philip Lazowski

Philip Lazowski (Feivel Lazowski)


Philip Lazowski was born on June 13, 1930 in Bielica, Poland. It was a fishing, hunting and agricultural community. The town trading posts had become a center for Jewish merchants, and in 1939 there were 600 Jews out of a total population of 1800. His father, Joseph, was a...

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Eva (Chava) Kaminska Etkin


Eva (Chava) Kaminska Etkin was born on January 15th, 1913 in Glubokie, Poland (now Belarus) where she lived with her parents, Michaela...

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Zdenka Novak


Zdenka Novak, born Zdenka Steiner in Zagreb, Croatia in 1919, was the sole survivor of her family. She lived a protected life...

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Rachel Pinchusowitch Litwak


Rachel Pinchusowitch Litwak was born on March 12, 1923, in Baranowicze, Poland, a town surrounded by many forests. She lived with her...

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Jack Sutin


Jack Sutin was born, on December 4, 1923 in Mir, Poland. His mother was a dentist and his father was an artist...

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David Figman


David Figman was born on December 24, 1926, in Warsaw, Poland. He lived with his parents, Shmuel Wolff and Masha, along with...

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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.