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Frank Blaichman

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Frank Blaichman was 16 years old when the Germans came to town to take away the Jews. Being smarter than most, he ran away to other towns to trade food for his family. Eventually he joined an armed partisan group and led attacks and rebellions against the Nazis. When he was 21 he became the youngest Platoon Commander in the Expansion Unit.

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By resisting, fighting, and killing many soldiers he was able to help and save many Jews lives. He also recruited many other Jews to resist and join partisan groups.

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Frank Blaichman was a holocaust survivor as well as and armed leader of a Polish-Jewish Partisan during World War 2.

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Frank was the youngest platoon commander in the Expanded Unit and even was selected to escort the future Prime Minister of Poland to a secret meeting with Soviet High Command.

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Many unknown people were in Frank's Expanded Unit but 2 of the biggest contributors are Samuel "Mietek" Gruber and Armina Ludowa. They added Jewish people to the unit and provided food, weapons, and ammunition.

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Life in the Forest - an interview with Frank Blaichman

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Life in the Forest - an interview with Frank Blaichman

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-Selling and trading goods illegally (1942)

-Fighting against the German soldiers (1943)

-Escorted the future Prime Minister of Poland by the Russians (1943)

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http://www.jewishpartisans.org/what-is-a-jewish-partisan

https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/resistance-during-holocaust/frank-blaichman-s-biography

https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005441

https://listverse.com/2013/08/19/10-incredible-cases-of-jewish-resistance-during-the-holocaust/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_resistance_movement_in_World_War_II

https://www.ushmm.org/learn/students/learning-materials-and-resources/poles-victims-of-the-nazi-era/polish-resistance-and-conclusions

https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/resistance-during-holocaust/ethical-dilemmas-time-genocide

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https://youtu.be/ofBqyg4i8_4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzp5fQ7hIyo

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"I'm very proud of what I did all of those years"

"The reality was we had nothing to lose, our way to survive was to fight."

Excerpts taken from his book Rather Die Fighting.

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A Partisan is a member of an armed group formed to fight secretly against an occupying force, during World War II.