Sara Fortis by Eli Knowles

Interview with Sara Fortis

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Who was Sara Fortis?

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Sara Fortis was born in a small town near Athens, Greece. She never met or knew her father, who had also passed when she was two months old. Sara, her mom, and her sister all lived a content and simple life together. They all identified as 100% Greek, although they also practiced Judaism.

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(Sara dancing with her cousin)

Why would Sara rebel?

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Sara was always a human that stood for equality against sexism.

How did she do it?

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Sara and her mother fled to a small city called Kuturla for a short time. Shortly after they got there Sara was told she had to go by other villagers which told Sara they would keep and hide her mother in safety. Sara decided to become a andarte (resistance fighter). She went from village to village to find women who wanted to make a change too. Sara and all of the women worked together and acted immensely and wisely on taking out the Nazis, which left the men impressed. Even with all of this the women still didn't get all of the credit because most people couldn't believe women could accomplish such thing.

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Sara was aware of the Nazis invading in 1941 and knew she had to leave... Due to all of Sara's rebelling and accomplishments against the Nazis, they soon found out and were not for it.

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Start of Saras Fate.

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By age 18, Sarah was known as (Captain) Sarika. All of Sara and her other other fighters, they took down many Nazi and Nazi collaborators. Due to all of Saras rebelling and accomplishment against the Nazis, they soon found out and were not for it. She soon became a well known target to the Nazis.

Sara in partisan uniform.

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Photo: Sara as a nurse in the beginning of the war

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Sample page from the poem "Lady Lazarus"

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Definition of "Partisan"

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par·ti·san

/ˈpärdəzən/

noun
a member of an armed group formed to fight secretly against an occupying force.

Part of the Poem "Lady Lazarus" talks about sexism. It helps symbolize Sara Fortis's motive to resist.

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"These are my hands

My knees.

I may be skin and bone,

Nevertheless, I am the same, identical woman. " - Sylvia Plath

Saras consequence.

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Even though Sara was doing everything she could to make things right, and do her part things still turned. The Nazis did their work to find her and instead brutally tortured and killed (who they thought was Sara) her cousin, Medi. Sara seeked revenge and tracked down the informer and executed him. Sara was arrested shortly after, but her reputation as a hero got her released not much after. She then moved to Isreal and met her husband.

Inspiring quote by Sara Fortis:

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"I was “Captain Sarika.” If anyone needed anything, they would say, 'Tell Captain Sarika and she'll take care of it.' Tell me and I'd do it."

Citation for the photos, video, and research:

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

Citation for the Poem by Sylvia Plath:

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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49000/lady-lazarus

Citation for the Quote by Sara:

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https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/resistance-during-holocaust/call-me-captain-sarika