https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd en-us 2022-04-25 17:25:08 UTC 2025-11-09 05:34:33 UTC hello@padlet.com s1074497 https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2160813170 Frank Blaichman was born in Kamionka, Poland on December 11, 1922. When he was just 16 Hitler had began to invade Poland. ]]> 2022-04-27 17:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2160813170 s1074497 https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2160818127 While he was still young he would travel to other towns and illegally trade for things his family needed, and he refused to wear a Star of David. ]]> 2022-04-27 17:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2160818127 s1074497 https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2160819758 2022-04-27 17:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2160819758 s1074497 https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2160822119 2022-04-27 17:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2160822119 s1074497 https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2160824990 https://www.jewishpartisans.org/partisans/frank-blaichman]]> 2022-04-27 17:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2160824990 s1074497 https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2163051506 When Jews started being sent to ghettos in his home town he hid in the woods with a group of other Jews. ]]> 2022-04-28 17:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2163051506 s1074497 https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2163052972 2022-04-28 17:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2163052972 s1074497 https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2163054594 After his time in WW2 he wrote his book "Rather Die Fighting" ]]> 2022-04-28 17:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2163054594 s1074497 https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2163078496 "Always on the move, they killed German collaborators, destroyed telephone lines, damaged dairy factories, and ambushed German patrols."- jewishpartisans.org]]> 2022-04-28 17:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2163078496 s1074497 https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2163089790 https://youtu.be/PaLAZt1SmqQ]]> 2022-04-28 17:52:25 UTC https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2163089790 s1074497 https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2163092797 Frank Blaichman was the youngest commander of the platoon he joined, being only 21. ]]> 2022-04-28 17:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2163092797 s1074497 https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2163093687 2022-04-28 17:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2163093687 s1074497 https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2164363481 https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/resistance-during-holocaust/frank-blaichman-s-biography]]> 2022-04-29 14:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2164363481 s1074497 https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2164365784 While in the forest with his platoon he helped escort the future prime minister of Poland to an important meeting with the Soviets. ]]> 2022-04-29 14:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2164365784 s1074497 https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2164368949 While in the forest German soldiers found his group and killed 80 people, he was one of the 22 survivors.]]> 2022-04-29 14:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2164368949 s1074497 https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2164373128 Frank Blaichman was one of the brave enough Jews during the German invasion to go out and get fresh food for his family and friends. His uncle and brother had both been shot for the same thing during this period. ]]> 2022-04-29 14:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2164373128 s1074497 https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2164377741 Blaichman died in 2018 in Manhattan New York at 96 years old. ]]> 2022-04-29 14:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/s1074497/dypv3xot04b85gdd/wish/2164377741