A place for families of Jewish partisans from World War II to connect and share their stories.
Jack Glinzman in his Computer Room JACK IN THE COMPUTER ROOM 1 Survivors from Wlodawa in DP Camp Survivors from Wlodawa in front of the Shul Home Jack after the war at the DP Camp Jack and Regina Glinzman Wlodawa's Surviving Jews in Front of the Bemah at the Shul School Picture Wlodawa Cemetary

Jack (Yankel) Glinzman (Glincman)


Yankel Glincman (Jack Glinzman), was born in the town of Wlodawa, Poland after Pesach in 1928, to Leibush and Simma. He had two brothers, Beryl and Yonah, and three sisters, Pessel, Libba, and Basha. His family owned a transport business, and using horses and wagons, traveled to cities around...

Read More
Community Stories

Meyer Bronicki


Meyer Bronicki was born on March 20, 1924, in Dworzec, Poland. He lived in the village center with his parents, Feivel and...

Read More

David Figman


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

Read More

Helen Terris


Helen Terris (née Elinka Cyderowicz) was born in Lida, Poland on September 8, 1935, the only child to mother Esther Thurston Cyderowicz...

Read More

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...

Read More

Frank Blaichman


Born in the small town of Kamionka, Poland on Dec. 11, 1922, Frank Blaichman was just sixteen years old when the German...

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