My remarkable padlet by dani Fuentes Rodriguez Sanchez Garcia

119984_1 — 2023-12-09 22:21:56 UTC

Sarah Fortis was born in chalkis it is a small town near Athens, Greece, Sarah Fortis never knew her father because he passed away when she was only Two months old. She was raised by her mother her whole life Sarah had a sister and they both enjoyed a happy childhood.

They identified as 100 percent Greek they also celebrated being Jewish by lighting candles everey Friday and attending the temple on holidays.

She was born in 1927 she fought as part of the Greek resistance against the occupying Axis power.

Important Facts

119984_1 — 2023-12-09 22:33:44 UTC

Once sara was older she decided that 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 go,Although the villagers agreed to hide her mother.

sara than became an andarte Wanting to play a significant role in the group, she decided to go from village to village to recruit.

Impact

119984_1 — 2023-12-09 22:47:00 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. Often, the women were forced to sleep next to the men, and Sara constantly worried about the women's safety.

She chose to also helped other women and teached them.

But the Nazis sent an informer to try and capture her, but mistakenly arrested then brutally raped and murdered her cousin, Medi. Vowing revenge, she tracked down and executed the informer.

After the war, the andartes fell out of favor with the new Greek government. Sara was arrested, but owing to her great reputation, she was released shortly after. She then emigrated to Israel, where she met her husband and settled down.

Sara Fortis is now at the age of 96 years old.

Quote

119984_1 — 2023-12-09 22:51:13 UTC

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

119984_1 — 2023-12-09 22:58:17 UTC

she talks about how she had a group of 13 girls and it was up to her to teach them how to behave and the girls would tell her what they wanted and she would teach them and how everyday she was taught something new and then she would go teach the girls. she is talking about her experience on teaching the girls and how the girls would feel about it.