Monday, July 1, 2024

Leon Idas, born July 11, 1925, Fought for the Liberation of Greece at 16

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"We are Jewish, and you know what happened to the Jews, I said, they round them up and we come here, we didn't care if it is Commun...
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Sunday, June 30, 2024

Share the Legacy of Jewish Partisan Sonya Oshman (z''l)

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The eldest of four children, Sonya Oshman (z''l) was born in 1922 to a family of wealthy Novogrudok merchants. Novogrudok was a Pol...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

More than 15,000 People Today Owe Their Lives to Tuvia Bielski (z''l), Born May 8, 1906

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Over seventy years ago on a rainy night, Rae Kushner, her sister Lisa, along with Sonya and Aaron Oshman, escaped through a narrow tunnel fr...
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Thursday, March 21, 2024

Leon Senders (z''l), disrupted the Nazi war machine as a radio operator with the Soviet partisans after escaping the Vilnius (Vilna) Ghetto

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Leon Senders, a Jewish partisan from Vilna, disrupted the Nazi war machine as a radio operator with the Soviet partisans. Leon was born on M...
Thursday, March 14, 2024

"Resist, resist, to our last breath!" - Abba Kovner (z''l) and Vitka Kempner (z''l) galvanized resistance in the Vilnius Ghetto

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        In honor of their shared March 14th birthdays, JPEF highlights Abba Kovner and Vitka Kempner, partisans from the Vilnius Ghetto who...
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Monday, March 11, 2024

Miriam Brysk – born March 10, 1935 –Child Holocaust Survivor and Partisan

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  Miriam (Mirka) Miasnik Brysk was born on March 10, 1935, in Warsaw, Poland. She was the only child of Bronka and Dr. Chaim Miasnik, and he...
Thursday, March 7, 2024

Featured Jewish Partisan - Sima Simieticka, Born In 1923

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The eldest of two daughters, Sima Simieticka was born on March 8, 1923 to a family of tailors in Warsaw. Her father left the family for Russ...