A place for families of Jewish partisans from World War II to connect and share their stories.
Mom and Aliki pansy and windmill Karmen with her father Emilios and brother Jack. Greek beach with Dad Karmen and her mother on Karmen's wedding day. Airport before leaving Greece Dancing with Dad Joe's Bar Mitzvah Bat Mitz Jon Eden Nora

Karmen Kakis


Carmen Rousso (née Karmen Kakis) was born on April 17, 1923, in the northern Greek town of Drama. She also spent a significant amount of her childhood in Thessaloniki, where her paternal grandparents lived in their family home. Her home in Thessaloniki was located next to a synagogue. Thessaloniki...

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Samuel Boymel


Samuel Boymel was born on May 5, 1923, in the Volhynia province of Turisk, Ukraine. He lived with his mother, Rochel, and...

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Michael Stoll (Stolowitzky)


Michael Stoll (Stolowitzky) was born on February 21, 1926, in Lida, Poland to parents Leon Stolowitzky, an accountant, and Sarah Stolowitzky. He...

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Yechiel (Chil) Grynszpan


Yechiel (Chil) Grynszpan was born on July 6, 1916, in Sosnowica, Poland, to Sura Bajla and Moszko Grynszpan. He grew up with...

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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.