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Sara Fortis had to leave her mother and decided to join the partisan as a resistance fighter. She taught many girls how to fight and went from place to place to recruit girls. The girls became very skilled and talented, but most of their missions were given credit by the men making because most believed women would not be able to do these missions successfully. When she was 18 she was known as a successful captain called Sarika, but her well known Nazi came to find her yet failed getting her cousin and murdered her. With Sara’s anger she killed the Nazi after the war Sara was arrested, but was let out sooner for the good she did.

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With Sara she showed that women could fight just as good as anyone else. She also showed that even if she does not do as much as other resistance members what she did was still as big of a difference. Sara showed that with only 13 girls she was able to make a change. The missions she went on were tough not only for her, but for everyone and she showed that she could be able to fight just as good as a man can.

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Sara was born in Athens, Greece. She was 100 percent Greece, but would go to the temple on holidays and would light candles on Fridays. When the Nazi invaded Greece she was forced to hide, but decided to leave her mother and fight with the Partisan feeling what the Nazi was doing isn't right.

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-Born in Athens, Greece 1927.

-Father past away when Sara was 2 months old.

-Raised by her mom and sisters.

-Nazi invaded her town and fled 1941.

-Left her mother to fight as a Partisan 1941.

-By 18 became a captain

-Nazi came for Sara, but took her cousin Medi by mistake.

-Sara killed the Nazi

-War ended

-Taken into jail then taken out.

-Moved to Isreal and settled down.

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-1927 organized there first party.

-1941 Made the decision to take all of the Jews in Europe.

-1945 the Nazi was stopped

-Semptember 2, 1945 WW2 ended.

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“Without them without the partisans man Jews would have died.” https://youtu.be/74SZaXJdBbM

“So we have a squad of thirteen girls. It was up to me to teach them how to behave.” “You should have seen them after a month went by. It was like they were completely different girls.

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Sara Fortis showed that helping others makes a change. Sara was not considered a Jew, but decided to fight instead of hide who she was. Leaving her mother, losing her cousin and so much more shows how tough she was going through the war. She saved many girls and their lives.

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Today Sara is 97!

She trained multiple girls in varied ages to all fight the same.

She was tough on the girls, but she always protected them.

Most of the time when the girls fought they were the distraction to sneak and throw Motolov cocktails.

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Sia - Unstoppable (Official Video - Live from the Nostalgic For The Present Tour)

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https://www.jewishpartisans.org/home

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