Learn about the dilemmas Jewish partisans faced as they encouraged others to fight back against the Germans during the Holocaust, through experience of teenage resistance fighter Vitka Kempner.
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Sara Fortis’s Biography
Read the story of Sara Fortis, a young woman who fled her hometown in Greece when the Nazis invaded in 1941 and joined the resistance movement.
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Sara Trains Her Army of Women
Learn about the necessity to recruit and train women for an all-female partisan unit.
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Sonia Orbuch’s Biography
Learn about the measures taken by a young woman and her family to join a partisan group during the Nazi's forced occupation of Poland.
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Talking About Religion
Eboo Patel reflects on how religion impacts his identity and a time in his past when he was a bystander.
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The Holocaust in Belarus
Introduce students to the history of the Holocaust in Belarus.
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The Holocaust in Greece
Learn about the occupation of Greece by the Axis powers during World War II.
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The Holocaust in Lithuania
Introduce students to the history of the Holocaust in Lithuania with this historical overview.
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The Holocaust in Poland
Learn about the brutality of the German occupation and the Holocaust in Poland with this short historical overview.
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The Importance of the Partisans
Learn about the key role that the partisans played in saving the lives of many Jews, Gentiles, and Greek citizens.
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The Partisans of Evia
Read about the highly capable partisans of Evia, the second largest island in Greece.
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The Role of Gender Among the Partisans
Resistance leader Vitka Kempner recalls attitudes toward women in Soviet partisan units.
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