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7 After the war - Lea Friedberg, Rome , Italy, 1945 - Copy

5 Judit Berkowsky, 1938, Lea Friedberg's younger sister, murdered 1941, Novogrudek pogrom, Poland - Copy

9 Genya Berkowsky, Lea Friedberg's mother, spent the war years with the Bielski partisans - Copy

10 Gutel Berkowsky, Lea Friedberg's father, Bielski partisan, instrumental in sending Lea ahead (without her parents) to join the Bielski Brigade - Copy

1 Pesach (Paul) Friedberg, Partisan Fighter, The Bielski Brigade, 1943

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3-Hinde-and-Eli-Friedberg-Pesachs-parents.-Eli-was-killed-during-a-Polish-pogrom-just-before-Pesach-was-born.

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14 Family Portrait - Pesach, Lea and Adele Friedberg, Gutel and Genya Berkowsky, Rome, Italy after the war - Copy

11 Pesach and Lea Friedberg in Rome, Italy after the war - 1946 Copy

16-Sailing-to-America-Pesach-Lea-and-Adele-aboard-The-Vulcania-March-1949-Copy

17 Living the American Dream - Lea and Paul black tie 1960

19 Pesach Friedberg, speaking at the Federation of Former Underground Fighters, as President of The Novogrudek Association, New York - Copy

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28 Pesach and Lea Friedberg, partisans in The Bielski Brigade - Copy

Poland Partisan

Lea Berkowsky Friedberg

The story of Lea Berkowsky Friedberg is one of hope and strength of spirit. It is that incredible combination that gave her the will and determination to survive, fight, and thrive in a new world when finally, the Nazis were defeated. Lea Berkowsky was born on September 15, 1925,...

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Lithuania Partisan

Murray Gordon

Murray Gordon was born in pre-World War II Lithuania in the seaside resort town of Klaipeda. At the age of six, Murray...

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...

Poland Partisan

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...

Lithuania Partisan

Boris Kot

Boris Kot was born on May 8, 1925, in Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania. He lived with his parents Solomon Isaac Kotas (Mr. Kot)...

Poland Partisan

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...

Poland Partisan

Eliahu Ostashinski

Eliahu Ostashinski was born near Novogrudok, Poland, now Belarus, where he worked as a blacksmith. Before the war, Eliahu served in the...

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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