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Sara is in a nurse uniform. She worked as a nurse at the start of the war but soon fled her hometown to avoid the Germans

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Sara is in a nurse uniform. She worked as a nurse at the start of the war but soon fled her hometown to avoid the Germans

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Sara Fortis was born in 1927 in Chalkis. When Sara was young she knew it was time to leave her hometown when the Germans arrived in 1941.

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"Tell me and I'd do it" - Sara Fortis

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Sara and her mother escaped to a small village and hid there until it was no longer safe for Jews, Sara escaped while the villagers agreed to hide her mom leaving her mother.

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Sara Fortis - The importance of the partisans

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Sara in a truck waving goodbye to the camp

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Sara in a truck waving goodbye to the camp

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"Without them, without the Partisans many Jews would have died or shared the fate of the Jews of Thessaloniki at Auschwitz." - Sara Fortis

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

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Sara Fortis - Sara trains her army of women

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Sara grew up with her mom and sisters raising her. Her father passed away when she was only 2 months old so she never really knew her father.

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When Sara had to leave her mother Sara decided to become an andarte (resistance fighter).

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When she had joined she wanted to play a significant role in the group, she traveled from village to village to recruit other females who wanted to fight.

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As Sara began to form a band of female partisans they became indispensable to the male fighters, She had transformed young village girls into women. When they had their first mission they were assigned to throw Molotov cocktails to distract the enemies and allow the partisans to attack. Impressed by their skills, the male partisans invited all female partisans to join on some of their missions.

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Sara Fortis, The Nazi army, and the Partisans groups male and female.

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Sara Fortis creates Partisans of her own (females) and soon is respected for her work and skills and is called Captain Sarika

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Between 1941 (when she left her hometown) to after the war so around 1945

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She scrambled through villages as she rescued Jews and burned houses.

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Sara became a prominent and well-respected figure in the andarte movement in Greece. Sara transformed young village girls into women. By age 18, she was known as 'Kapetenissa [Captain] Sarika.'. Being so well respected Sara was arrested but owing to her great reputation, she was released shortly after.