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Background info

hr9609979 — 2024-04-18 19:18:57 UTC

Sara Fortis was born in 1927 in the city of Catkins. Before the war Sara lived with her mother and sister as her father passed away early in her life. Even though she was fully Greek she was still Jewish and still participated in Friday night lighting of candles and church holidays. Sara had a mostly happy childhood and it only went down hill when the war picked up right after her 14 birthday.

Acts of Resistance

hr9609979 — 2024-04-18 19:47:55 UTC

When Sara knew she had to leave her hometown her mother and her left for a place called Kurturla. Once they could not hide any longer Sara left her mom to go join a Resistance group at age 15. Before she left the villagers made sure that her mom was safe from the Germans then she was off. When she left she went to many different villages to find other woman to join the group with her until she had enough people in her group. once her group was complete they joined a group of partisans.

Sara Fortis with a group of partisans in partisan uniform.

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How she impacted

hr9609979 — 2024-04-18 20:00:43 UTC

Sara Fortis was very well respected as she taught the partisans many tips and tricks to fighting. Many people were grateful for her actions and called her "Captain Sarika". though many appreciated her the men got most of the credit even though the woman did the same as the men. Even though she got credit many did not recognize her until she was about 18.

Survival Story

hr9609979 — 2024-04-18 20:13:32 UTC

Sarika kept at it for a while but sadly a Nazi sent an informer to arrest her but it was a false arrest. She was let out not long after she was arrested. The resisters started decreasing and now that she was out of jail she left for Israel. Not long after she moved she settled down with her husband.

Sara on her way to fight with the partisans

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What would have happened without her?

hr9609979 — 2024-04-18 22:59:28 UTC

As Sara explains in an interview, "Without the partisans many would have died...". The partisans played a big role in saving many lives but Sara taught them everything and they would not be able to save people if it were not for her. Sara may not know this but many do.

Sara Fortis giving her Que for the partisans to fight.

hr9609979 — 2024-04-18 23:09:57 UTC

Why did Sara not get credit tell later in life?

hr9609979 — 2024-04-18 23:22:03 UTC

Most of the woman of that time did not get credit at all because it was "unfathomable" for woman to be able to work as hard as the men. Also most people did not know that Sara played a big role in helping the partisans because she mainly trained them. later in life she did get credit because more people started noticing that the woman were doing the same as the men.

Websites used

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https://www.jewishpartisans.org/partisans/sara-fortis

Quotes

hr9609979 — 2024-04-18 23:29:34 UTC

"Tell Captain Sharika she'll take care of it..."(partisans).

"Call me Captain Sharika"(Sara).

Multimedia

hr9609979 — 2024-04-18 23:33:15 UTC

.https://youtu.be/jHey1R9CJ1M

https://youtu.be/74SZaXJdBbM

Jewish partisans in war.

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partisans hiding and getting ready to fight.

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After war Sara and her sat through their town waiting for the right time to leave.

hr9609979 — 2024-04-18 23:47:15 UTC

What did Sara enjoy doing?

hr9609979 — 2024-04-19 19:01:52 UTC

Sara loved standing up for woman and trying to prove that they had power as powerful as the men. This brought her to have a motivation to gather woman to fight with the partisans. She had hope that the woman joining in would explain that the woman were powerful as well.

After war

hr9609979 — 2024-04-19 19:15:38 UTC

After the war and when Sara was released from jail she moved to Israel. Once in Israel she found her husband and they are still living together now in their late 90s. As Sara Fortis is still know for her heroic days.