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Sara Fortis - Sara trains her army of women

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Courtesy of Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation

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Courtesy of Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation

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Birthdate: 1927

Birthplace: Chalkis, Greece

Family Life: 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.

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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.

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A small village of Katurla, Greece.

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1941 - after the war

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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 go, although 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 decided to go from village to village to recruit other females who wanted to fight.

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Describe the act of resistance and the impact it had

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Describe the act of resistance and the impact it had

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Sara became a prominent and well-respected figure in the andartes movement in Greece. By age 18, she was known as ‘Kapetenissa (Captain) Sarika’.

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Fact #1: 1927

Fact #2: Chalkis, a small town near Athens, Greece.

Fact #3: mother

Fact #4: celebrated being Jewish by lighting candles every Friday and attending temple on holidays.

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Quote 1:

-"So we have a squad of thirteen girls, it was up to me to teach them how to behave."

Quote 2:

-"At the beginning they would giggle, 'ooh, will we hold that!'

You should have seen them after a month went by.

It was like they were completely different girls."

Quote 3:

-"Afterwards it was to learn how to be girls alongside the men. It was difficult teaching them to behave as equals among them"

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Approximate area of partisan activity for Sara Fortis.

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Image of sara Fortis waving goodbye to a camp.

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Image of Sara Fortis in her partisan uniform