Rita Gurwitz Yelgin was born on June 21, 1921, in Slonim, Lithuania, and grew up in Grodno, Poland. She lived with her parents, Aryeh Leyb and Esther (Samsonovitz) Gurwitz, and an older sister Bertha (Gurwitz) Wolynski, who was born in 1905. Rita had two other siblings (Rachmiel and Sarah)...
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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 story of Lea Berkowsky Friedberg is one of hope and strength of spirit. It is that incredible combination that gave her...
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Jack Sutin was born, on December 4, 1923 in Mir, Poland. His mother was a dentist and his father was an artist...
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Robert Lesser was born Erachmil (Rachmil) Lazovski (Lazowski) on May 13, 1933, in Bielica, Poland (pronounced Belitza), what is now Belarus. Bielica...
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This report is based on a chapter of Betty Brodsky Cohen’s upcoming book “The Tunnel People” which tells the personal stories of...
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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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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.
