Rochelle Schleif was born on July 15, 1924, and grew up in Stolpce, Poland. Her father was a very successful businessman. As a child, Rochelle experienced antisemitism in her school and around the city of Stolpce. She first crossed paths with Jack Sutin when the two were living in...
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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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Julius (Yehuda) Rytman was born on July 13, 1925, in the village of Dokshitz-Parafianov in Belarus. He lived with his parents, Eli...
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Ted Winestone was born Moshe Tuvia Wajnsztejn on September 24, 1929, in the small town of Baranowicze, Poland, now the Republic of...
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Henry Yelgin was born on March 24, 1915, in Bobruisk, Russia, and grew up in Grodno, Poland. He lived there with his...
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Benjamin Bedzow (Bedzowski), was born on November 11, 1933 in the town of Lida, Poland, located in present-day Belarus. He lived with...
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Aron Bielski was born in 1927 on a farm in Stankiewicze, Poland, a rural area outside of Novogrudok. He was the youngest...
Read MoreA 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.
