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Helen with her mother Esther before the war.

Helen (bottom right) with two of her cousins from Lida before the war. Her cousins did not survive.

Helen and Esther in Bad Gastein DP camp.

4. Helen with a few friends in a DP camp

3. Helen with friends in one of the DP camps.

First photo taken in this country-Helen, Esther and Helen’s step father, Joe. Esther met him in the DP camp. This is in Passaic, NJ in front of their apartment

Helen and her husband, Harry before they were married.

Helen and Harry’s wedding photo - November 27, 1955

A family photo of Helen and Harry with their children, Rita and Mark

Helen and Esther in front of the Holocaust Memorial in Miami Beach, Florida.

Helen and Harry’s 60th wedding anniversary

Helen’s presentation of her story to a rehabilitation facility in Freehold, NJ

Helen’s granddaughter, Jacqueline’s wedding to Cedric Dana- November 16, 2016

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 (née Esia Thurston), a homemaker, and father Aaron Cyderowicz, a businessman. Before the war, Helen and her family lived a comfortable and privileged life. Her father went...

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Yugoslavia Partisan

David Elazar

David Elazar was born on September 16, 1919, in Kosovska Mitrovica, then part of Yugoslavia. David had eight siblings, Moshe, Nissim, Yaakov,...

Poland Partisan

Ruth Resnik

Ruth Kaplow (Raschka Kaplowitz) was born in 1924, in the town of Krivitz, Belarus. Her mother, Genya, passed away in 1928 and...

Poland Partisan

Paula (Koladicki) Burger

The oldest surviving child of Wolf and Sarah Koladicki, Paula Burger was born in 1934 in a small town near Novogrudok, in...

Poland Partisan

Robert Lesser (Rachmil Lazowski)

Robert Lesser was born Erachmil (Rachmil) Lazovski (Lazowski) on May 13, 1933, in Bielica, Poland (pronounced Belitza), what is now Belarus. Bielica...

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...

Belarus Partisan

Willie Moll

Willie Moll (Molczadski) was born on August 8, 1930 in the city of Lida, Poland (current day Belarus). He lived with his...

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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