Who was Sara Fortis during the Holocaust by Patrick Melhado https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs Use this as a template for your padlet. en-us 2022-03-20 14:37:43 UTC 2025-09-25 03:08:17 UTC hello@padlet.com Additional website pmelhado1 https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs/wish/2103753308 2022-03-20 14:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs/wish/2103753308 About Sara Fortis pmelhado1 https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs/wish/2103753309 Details: Sara Fortis joined the Greek Resistance after her village Kuturla was raided and controlled by Nazis.

Dates: She was born on Sarika Yehoshua 1927, by 1945 when she was 18 years old she was known as Kapetenissa (Captain) Sarika. She continued to fight against the Germans until the liberation of Greece in late 1944.

Important Facts: She was born in Chalkis, a small town near Athens, Greece, Sara Fortis never knew her father, who passed away when she was only two months old. Raised by her mother, Sara and her sister enjoyed a happy childhood.]]> 2022-03-20 14:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs/wish/2103753309 Sara Fortis Quotes pmelhado1 https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs/wish/2103753311 I choose to be kind because it makes me happy. But I will defend my boundaries and my loved ones without hesitation. Make no mistake: I am fierce.

A woman´s strength isn't just about how much she can handle before she breaks. It´s also about how much she must handle after she´s broken.
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Full transcript when pressing "see below" on youtube]]> 2022-03-20 14:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs/wish/2103753315 Additional things after the war pmelhado1 https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs/wish/2103753316 After the war when she was finished with all the action and fighting a new war had broke out. It was know as the gulf, and in 1991 her home in Israel was destroyed by an Iraqi SCUD missile during the new war.]]> 2022-03-20 14:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs/wish/2103753316 The final result pmelhado1 https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs/wish/2103753317 After all the action acts of resistance they had won the war in late 1944, most of the head leaders of Nazis were executed or were sent to life in prison. They all had claimed to just be following orders from there leader Adolf Hitler who had decided not to be turned in but to kill himself for good. Others had turned themselves in and get killed by a firing squad. The reason for them turning themselves in was not to be tortured, if they were on the run they would have a chance at getting caught. they had committed far to many war crimes and killed millions of people.]]> 2022-03-20 14:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs/wish/2103753317 pmelhado1 https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs/wish/2103753318 2022-03-20 14:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs/wish/2103753318 pmelhado1 https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs/wish/2103753319 2022-03-20 14:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs/wish/2103753319 The group that Sara Fortis led pmelhado1 https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs/wish/2103753320 During the war Sara Fortis led a small group of Partisans into Nazi controlled areas. There were many groups in the Greek resistance, she was one of the few female groups in the war. ]]> 2022-03-20 14:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs/wish/2103753320 Background Info pmelhado1 https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs/wish/2103753321 Sara Fortis was a Greek resistance fighter during world war 2 which had started on Sep 01, 1939. The cause of World War 2 broke into open conflict due to the military aggression of Germany and Japan, when Germany invaded Poland in 1939 and Japan struck against China in 1937. This led to something much worse to come. Among all the other Greek resistance fighters Sara Fortis was a woman, in the war it was really only normal for men to fight in battle. Women would ussally help in the war by writing letters to familys who lost people in battles, they would also help by taking over and helping in factories, or serve as base medics in the war. Sara Fortis had become a resistance fighter after her village Kuturla was raided and taken over by Nazis. ]]> 2022-03-20 14:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs/wish/2103753321 pmelhado1 https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs/wish/2103753322 2022-03-20 14:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/pmelhado1/zkq9rtqmckc7byvs/wish/2103753322