Lithuania Partisan
Boris Jochai was born in early 1922 in the small village of Swencian, Poland. He lived with his parents, Chaim and Chasia, and his younger siblings, Lova, Dudke, and Pesia. A third of Swencian’s population was Jewish, and it...
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Lithuania Partisan
Betkhe Stul Solc was born in the village of Byenyakoni, Lithuania, in present-day Belarus. She lived with her parents, Yankel Zissel and Leah Stul (née Levin), along with one brother and five sisters. Her parents owned a bakery near...
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Poland Partisan
Meyer Bronicki was born on March 20, 1924, in Dworzec, Poland. He lived in the village center with his parents, Feivel and Golda, and three brothers, Shabatai, Lippa, and Jack. Meyer’s father was a carpenter, and his mother was...
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Yugoslavia Partisan
Moric “Moris” Albahari was born on October 30, 1930, in Sanski Most, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, to Luna and David Albahari. He had three older sisters: Flora, Rahela, and Judita. After moving to a few different communities, his family settled...
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USSR Partisan
Samuel Boymel was born on May 5, 1923, in the Volhynia province of Turisk, Ukraine. He lived with his mother, Rochel, and three sisters: Raiszel, Malca, and Chaisa. Sam’s father, Zelig, was a tailor who died when Sam was...
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