Sara Fortis by SAMEEHA ALAM

Who was Sara Fortis?

sa7399971 — 2024-04-18 14:14:05 UTC

Sara Fortis was a resistance fighter during the holocaust. She lived near a small town in Athens, Greece. In 1941 when the Nazis came and took away some Jewish people and when they never came back she decided to be a resistance fighter.

She turned ordinary women into efficient fighters and they helped the partisans to fight with the German and the Nazis who killed thousands of Jews every single day.

Sara Fortis Early Years

sa7399971 — 2024-04-18 14:21:28 UTC

Sara Fortis 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.

An interview about Sara Fortis

sa7399971 — 2024-04-18 14:24:27 UTC

They interviewed her about when she had joined the partisans and what they did to try and stop the Nazis.

How Sara Fortis saved the lives of thousands of Jews

sa7399971 — 2024-04-18 14:35:50 UTC

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.

Quotes from Sara Fortis

sa7399971 — 2024-04-18 14:41:06 UTC

"Without them, without the Partisans many Jews would have died or shared the fate of the Jews of Thessaloniki at Auschwitz". "It wasn't a state of anarchy. Everything was organized so well that it was impossible to imagine squads such as those during a war".

Sara Fortis

sa7399971 — 2024-04-20 01:51:09 UTC

Sara fortis lead resistance gropu to fight of the Nazis when they invaded her home. She recurited women and turned them into capable fighters. She killed many nazis and helped free many Jews from ghettos. She also dressed up as a nurse so the Nazis would not recogonize her and then they would let her in the Ghetto. She was a very courageous fighter and saved the lives of many people and freed many Jews.

Sara Fortis's Misfortune

sa7399971 — 2024-04-20 02:01:17 UTC

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.

sa7399971 — 2024-04-20 02:05:59 UTC

Made by Sia

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What Happened After The War Was Over

sa7399971 — 2024-04-20 02:12:53 UTC

After the war was over Sara Fortis was arrested because of her actions, but because of her legacy she was released a little while after. After she got out of prison she immigrated to Iseral and found her husband and settled down. But little while after her house got bombed because of another war that was just starting.

Another Interview from when she started to train the women to fight

sa7399971 — 2024-04-20 02:13:34 UTC