A place for families of Jewish partisans from World War II to connect and share their stories.
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Libby Abramowitz Bakst


Libby (Liba) Abramowitz Bakst was born in the small village of Zdzienciol, Poland on February 2, 1926. She lived with her parents, Pearl and Hyman (Chaim), along with two brothers, Morris and Irving, and a sister, Fruma.  When the war began in 1939, Poland was divided between Germany and...

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Essie Shor


Essie Shor, born Esia Levine, was taken on December 3rd, 1925, in the Polish town of Novogrudok (now northeast Belarus). She lived...

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Leib Solc


Leib Solc was born in Vilna, Lithuania. His mother was a widow, and Leib was one of eleven children. At a young...

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Laszlo (Les) Mittelman


Laszlo Mittelman was born in Debrecen, Hungary in 1919. His parents were relatively poor, but they managed to put food on the...

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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.