A place for families of Jewish partisans from World War II to connect and share their stories.
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Chana Iwinietcka Ryback


This report is based on a chapter of Betty Brodsky Cohen’s upcoming book “The Tunnel People”  which tells the personal stories of the Novogrudok tunnel escapees. Chana Iwinietcka Ryback was born on March 31st, 1913 in Novogrudok, Poland. She lived with her parents, Meir and Tsipora (Tsipa), along with...

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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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Sara Rosnow


A Young Woman in the Forest: A Jewish Partisan Story of Survival Born on the second Seder of Passover 1925, Sara Rosnow...

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Henry Yelgin


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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Moric “Moris” Albahari


Moric “Moris” Albahari was born on October 30, 1930, in Sanski Most, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, to Luna and David Albahari. He had...

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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.