https://padlet.com/wattersaiden26/qk8sewctokka564h Resister Project en-us 2022-02-14 16:49:36 UTC 2022-02-18 16:39:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://alchetron.com/cdn/frank-blaichman-d890a904-04f9-4b41-b0fc-f74488a922d-resize-750.jpg wattersaiden26 https://padlet.com/wattersaiden26/qk8sewctokka564h/wish/2049039502 Frank Blaichman lived in the small town of Kamionka, Poland. Frank was 16 years old when the German army invaded Poland in September 1939.

]]> 2022-02-15 16:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/wattersaiden26/qk8sewctokka564h/wish/2049039502 wattersaiden26 https://padlet.com/wattersaiden26/qk8sewctokka564h/wish/2049045885 Frank’s motivation was that he wanted to protect his family, survive, and help with ending the war.]]> 2022-02-15 16:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/wattersaiden26/qk8sewctokka564h/wish/2049045885 wattersaiden26 https://padlet.com/wattersaiden26/qk8sewctokka564h/wish/2049061518 Frank continued to sell food and goods when he shouldn’t have, and later on, he joined a Polish army and then got promoted to head of that group. In the army, his group’s exploits included dynamiting bridges and rail lines, destroying telephone lines, attacking trains that were carrying Nazi troops and supplies, and bombing Nazi headquarters. Frank was also credited for helping protect 200 Jews living in the forest.

]]> 2022-02-15 17:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/wattersaiden26/qk8sewctokka564h/wish/2049061518 wattersaiden26 https://padlet.com/wattersaiden26/qk8sewctokka564h/wish/2051212941 Frank and his group were able to disable some of the Nazi's communication. They also were able to disrupt the movement of Nazi troops.

]]> 2022-02-16 16:02:28 UTC https://padlet.com/wattersaiden26/qk8sewctokka564h/wish/2051212941 wattersaiden26 https://padlet.com/wattersaiden26/qk8sewctokka564h/wish/2051224313  After the war, Frank went on with his life happy he helped. There were no consequences for what they did other than helping in the war. 

]]> 2022-02-16 16:06:47 UTC https://padlet.com/wattersaiden26/qk8sewctokka564h/wish/2051224313 wattersaiden26 https://padlet.com/wattersaiden26/qk8sewctokka564h/wish/2051225855 From the words of Frank, “I’m very proud of what I did all those years,” he also said, “The reality was we had nothing to lose, and our way to survive was to fight.”
If you want more information about Frank, click the link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/frank-blaichman-commander-of-jewish-partisans-during-world-war-ii-dies-at-86/2019/01/28/25a80a04-2122-11e9-9145-3f74070bbdb9_story.html ]]> 2022-02-16 16:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/wattersaiden26/qk8sewctokka564h/wish/2051225855 wattersaiden26 https://padlet.com/wattersaiden26/qk8sewctokka564h/wish/2051241690 Here is a good movie: https://g.co/kgs/4Fe83u 
Here is a podcast that has WW2 survivors tell their stories: https://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/podcast/introducing-those-who-were-there-voices-from-the-holocaust/ 
Here is a book that Frank wrote:https://www.google.com/search?q=Rather+die+fighting&safe=strict  ]]> 2022-02-16 16:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/wattersaiden26/qk8sewctokka564h/wish/2051241690 wattersaiden26 https://padlet.com/wattersaiden26/qk8sewctokka564h/wish/2051260044 Just 21, Frank was selected to escort the future prime minister of Poland to a secret meeting.]]> 2022-02-16 16:21:16 UTC https://padlet.com/wattersaiden26/qk8sewctokka564h/wish/2051260044 wattersaiden26 https://padlet.com/wattersaiden26/qk8sewctokka564h/wish/2051261238 Langer, Emily. “ Frank Blaichman, commander of Jewish partisans during World War II, dies at 96”. The Washington Post, 28 January 2019, https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/frank-blaichman-commander-of-jewish-partisans-during-world-war-ii-dies-at-86/2019/01/28/25a80a04-2122-11e9-9145-3f74070bbdb9_story.html, Accessed 15 February 2022. 
“Frank Blaichman’s Biography”. Facing History Ourselves, https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/resistance-during-holocaust/frank-blaichman-s-biography, Accessed 15 February 2022.  

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