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1. www.jewishpartisans.org › partisans › sara-fortisSara Fortis | Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation

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   Sara formed a band of female partisans that became indispensable to the male fighters, transforming young village girls into women. On their first mission, they were ordered to throw Molotov cocktails to distract the enemy and allow the partisans to attack.

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     Partisan spy Marisa Diena was born in Turin, Italy, on...

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3. jwa.org › encyclopedia › articleJewish Women Partisans | Jewish Women's Archive

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   Jun 23, 2021 · The testimonies of Jewish women partisans present a more complex gendered picture of partisan activism than the conventional portrayal of an exclusively male arena of armed guerillas.

4. libraryguides.mdc.edu › Female_Leadership_duringFemale Leadership during the Holocaust: Female Resistance ...

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   May 17, 2023 · Sara formed a band of female partisans that became indispensable to the male fighters, transforming young village girls into women. On their first mission, they were ordered to throw Molotov cocktails to distract the enemy and allow the partisans to attack.

5. www.epfmedia.com › movie-list › how-i-became-a-partisanHOW I BECAME A PARTISAN - EPF Media

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   While uncovering her family’s partisan past, director Vera Lacková learns about other forgotten Roma fighters. During her search, she comes up against deep-rooted prejudice, indifference, and hatred towards the Roma community.

6. www.facinghistory.org › resource-library › womenThe Women Partisans Burn Down a House | Facing History ...

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   May 13, 2016 · The Women Partisans Burn Down a House. Learn about partisan tactics with this retelling of an all-female unit's torching of a perpetrator's home.

7. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org › holocaustHolocaust Resistance: Female Jewish Partisans

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   Female Jewish partisans with blond hair and blue eyes could “pass” as Aryan. By manipulating ethnic and female stereotypes, they could move around unnoticed in public—ride buses or trains, hold meetings in parks or cafes—and thus transmit messages, smuggle supplies, or escort fugitives into hiding.

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   Where did Jewish women partisans come from?

   • Poland and other Eastern European countries bordering the Soviet Union had the largest prewar Jewish populations and provided two-thirds of all Jewish partisans in Europe. The distinctive experiences of Jewish women partisans from France, Greece, Italy, and Mandate Palestine further illuminate the historical breadth of experience.

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   Do women partisans have the same rights as men?

   • Some women partisans, like Eta, refused to adhere to rigid gender roles and asserted their rights by not washing men's clothes or cooking their meals. Eta stated, 'I told them: If I am a female partisan, I will have rights, and I will do something comparable to what you do'.

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   What language did a partisan woman speak?

   • Partisan women who took on courier assignments had to speak the country’s language fluently and with no trace of a Yiddish accent. Brenda Senders spoke Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian, and Sarah spoke Greek just like every other native on her island.

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   How did Jewish women partisans differ from males?

   • Though Jewish female partisans were fewer than their male counterparts, rarely held leadership positions, and fought less frequently in armed battle, they assumed the identity, principles, discipline, and objectives of partisan fighters.

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   What did Jewish women partisans do?

   • Jewish women partisans left an invaluable record preserved in oral histories, memoirs, poetry, photographs, and film, as well as in contemporaneous and postwar testimonies.

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   How did the Partisans live?

   • The Partisans lived off the land and foraged for food and clothing. They hid by day and fought or traveled by night. They slept in makeshift dugouts during the bitter winters and under the stars in the summer.Mira recounts, "The trees, the sky, the pine needle ground were our summer home". Holocaust Resistance: Female Jewish Partisans - Jewish Virtual Library

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9. www.facinghistory.org › resource-library › every-dayEvery Day the Impossible: Jewish Women in the Partisans

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   May 13, 2016 · Former Jewish partisans reflect on women's participation in organized resistance groups during the Holocaust.