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Sara Fortis was a partisan fighting against the Nazis to protect the Jews. Sara Fortis was born in 1927 in Chalkis, Greece. Sara identified as 100% Greek but still celebrated being Jewish by lighting candles every Friday and attending temples on Jewish holidays. Sara's father only passed away when she was two months old, so she never got to know him. Sara and her sister were raised by their mother, and lived a happy childhood together.

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Sara was living a good life while working at a young age, but in 1941, Germans had arrived in her hometown. Sara and her mother had left their hometown so they wouldn't get caught by the Germans since they celebrated the things Jews celebrate. Sara found out that Jews were being deported by Nazis and never coming back. Sara was told to escape while the villagers agreed to hide her mother. Sara decided to become a Andarte[Resistance fighter]. Sara traveled from village to village to find women who were willing to fight. Sara became a prominent and well-respected figure in the Andartes' movement in Greece. Sara and her group had to execute Nazi collaborators in order to protect the Jews. Nazis were sent to try and capture Sara but they captured her cousin and did horrible things to her then killed her. Once Sara found out, she wanted revenge. Sara hunted down the Nazi that killed her cousin and killed him. Later during the war, Sara was known as 'Kapetenissa[captain] Sarika'.

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Due to the war and the hatred for Jews caused a separation between Sara and her mother. The impact from the war made Sara a captain to the group of women who were willing to fight with her. The impact from the war also got Sara arrested but made her a prominent and well-respected figure in the movement in Greece. After the war, the Andartes fell out of favor with the new Greek government.

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This is a picture of Sara Fortis' uncle, Mordechai Frisis. Sara would work for her uncle and bring home food to her family.

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Sara Fortis used to work as a nurse during the beginning of the war but later fled from her hometown to avoid incoming Germans.

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In this photo is Sara in her partisan uniform. Sara formed an all female band of partisans that worked on missions with the men.

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Sara is in the middle of the ground. Sara was wanted for her actions as a partisan and was arrested at the end of the war.

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"FEAR WAS NOT IN MY DICTIONARY:THE REVOLUTIONARY WORK OF SARA FORTIS" article

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"FEAR WAS NOT IN MY DICTIONARY:THE REVOLUTIONARY WORK OF SARA FORTIS" article

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In this article, it tells the story of Sara Fortis and how brave Sara Fortis was during a horrible and scary time.

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Fear Was Not in My Dictionary: The Revolutionary Work of Sara Fortis

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Reading time: 6 minutes When the small Greek town of Kuturla burned in 1943, teenage Sara Fortis had been on the run from German occupying forces for two years already. From the raw age of fourteen, she had hidden her Jewish status and worked for underground resistance movements as a nurse and teacher. But when her sanctuary burned, when she was separated from her mother, Fortis was no longer willing to hide. She was no longer willing to limit her resistance to ‘women’s work.’

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Sara Fortis talked about the importance of the partisans and how the partisans saved the Jews and without them they would've died.

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Sara Fortis - The importance of the partisans

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Sara Fortis' story about when she became "Captain Sarika"

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Sara Fortis in partisan uniform. Date unknown.

Video still from interview, August 2004

Sara Fortis (born Sarika Yehoshua) was born in 1927 in Chalkis, a small town near Athens, Greece. She never knew her father, who passed away when she was only two months old. Sara and her sister were raised by their mother and they enjoyed a happy childhood. Although they identified as 100% Greek, they also celebrated being Jewish by lighting candles every Friday and attending temple on holidays.

Sara knew it was time to leave her hometown when the Germans arrived in 1941. She had heard about Jews in other small Greek towns being deported by the Nazis and never returning. Sara and her mother escaped to the small village of Kuturla and hid there for a short while. When it was no longer safe for Jews, Sara was told to escape while the villagers agreed to hide her mother. Leaving her mother, Sara decided to become an andarte ( resistance fighter). Wanting to play a significant role in the group, she traveled from village to village to recruit other females who wanted to fight.

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. Impressed by their skills, the male partisans invited the all-female group to join in many missions. They burned down houses, executed Nazi collaborators, and aided the men in a way no group of females had before. The male andartes were given credit for many missions the women completed, as it was unfathomable that women could accomplish such acts. Often, the women were forced to sleep next to the men, and Sara constantly worried about the women's safety.

Sara became a prominent and well-respected figure in the andartes movement in Greece. By age 18, she was known as 'Kapetenissa [Captain] Sarika.' The Nazis sent an informer to try and capture her, but mistakenly arrested, brutally raped, and murdered her cousin, Medi. Vowing revenge, she tracked down and executed the informer.

After the war, the andartes fell out of favor with the new Greek government. Sara was arrested but owing to her great reputation, she was released shortly after. She then immigrated to Israel, where she met her husband and settled down.

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Born Sarika Yehoshua in 1927 in Chalkis, Greece, Sara Fortis went from village to village recruiting women who wanted to fight. She organized a band of all-female partisans, training young women to become bold fighters. They burned down houses, executed Nazi collaborators, and aided the Greek partisan movement in a way no group of females had before.

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Fear Was Not in My Dictionary: The Revolutionary Work of Sara Fortis

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Reading time: 6 minutes When the small Greek town of Kuturla burned in 1943, teenage Sara Fortis had been on the run from German occupying forces for two years already. From the raw age of fourteen, she had hidden her Jewish status and worked for underground resistance movements as a nurse and teacher. But when her sanctuary burned, when she was separated from her mother, Fortis was no longer willing to hide. She was no longer willing to limit her resistance to ‘women’s work.’