Sara Fortis by Brycen Moseley https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl en-us 2018-02-15 19:52:42 UTC 2018-02-23 13:02:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/264086103/0a8c25b285e81a03d6b109b191bab578/caf14b4511da739f431f186eae0c2b3a__cute_wallpaper_backgrounds_emoji_wallpaper.jpg 1. Sara Fortis was born in brycen_moseley https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/232402799 1927 in Chalkis, a small town near Athens, Grece]]> 2018-02-16 16:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/232402799 2. Sara's father died when she was 2 months old brycen_moseley https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/232403778 Her mother took care of her and her sister had a very happy childhood ]]> 2018-02-16 16:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/232403778 3. Sara was actually not a Jew brycen_moseley https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/232406666 Though they identified as 100% Greek, they also celebrated being Jewish by lighting candles every Friday and attending temple on holidays.]]> 2018-02-16 16:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/232406666 4. Sara knew she needed to leave her hometown when the Germans arrived on 1941 brycen_moseley https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/233233783 She heard that jews where beinging deported in other small towns by the Naizis and the jews never returning ]]> 2018-02-20 13:11:54 UTC https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/233233783 5. Sara and her mother escaped to the small village of Kuturla and hid there for a little while brycen_moseley https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/233235511 2018-02-20 13:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/233235511 6. Sara decided to become an andarte brycen_moseley https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/234656972 Wanting to play a significant role in the group, she decided to go from village to village to recruit other females who wanted to fight.]]> 2018-02-23 12:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/234656972 7. Sara formed a band of female partisans that became indispensable to the male fighters, transforming young village girls into women. brycen_moseley https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/234657462  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.]]> 2018-02-23 12:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/234657462 8. Often the women were forced to sleep next to the men and Sara constantly worried about the women's safety. brycen_moseley https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/234657949 2018-02-23 12:57:58 UTC https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/234657949 9. brycen_moseley https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/234658060 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 to capture her, but mistakenly arrested -- then brutally raped and murdered -- her cousin, Medi. Vowing revenge, she tracked down and executed the informer.


]]> 2018-02-23 12:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/234658060 10.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. brycen_moseley https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/234658387 2018-02-23 12:59:38 UTC https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/234658387 This is sara fortis brycen_moseley https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/234658498 2018-02-23 13:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/234658498 brycen_moseley https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/234658946 2018-02-23 13:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/brycen_moseley/n8xric576ybl/wish/234658946