Daring to Resist


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1943 Faye(right) with four partisan frtiends
Faye(right) with four partisan frtiends.

 
Historical Event
Germans lose Battle of Stalingrad

Faye Schulman
Faye continues fighting with partisans. Nurses wounded partisans. Takes photographs of partisan life.

1944Round-up of Jewish women in Budapest, Hungary
Round-up of Jewish women in Budapest, Hungary.

 
Historical Events
Hungarians attempt to make peace with Germany.
Nazis invade Hungary.
430,000 Hungarian Jews deported to Auschwitz.
D-Day Allies land/Normandy, France

Barbara Rodbell
Food and fuel run out in Amsterdam.

Shulamit Lack
Shula forced to deliver mother to Nazis.
Shula uses apartment for resistance.
Helps smuggle Jews out of Hungary.
Deported to Auschwitz.
Nazis force her to dig trenches.
Deceives Nazis to shorten work.

Faye Schulman
Partisans liberate Pinsk.
Partisans disband.
Faye becomes newspaper photographer.
Finds two brothers.
Marries Morris Schulman.
Leaves Russia.

1945Faye and husband Morris Schulman
Faye and husband
Morris Schulman.

 
Historical Events
Starvation continues in Amsterdam.
Nazi forced marches out of concentration camps.
Germans surrender Russian troops occupy Budapest.

Barbara Rodbell
Canada liberates Amsterdam, May 5.
Tries in vain to find surviving relatives.

Shulamit Lack
Five-day march through snow.
Russians drive Nazis out of region.
Shula liberated by Russians.
Returns to Budapest.

Faye Schulman
Faye's daughter born.
Moves to displaced persons camp in Germany.
Procures arms for Palestine.

2000Faye, Barbara, and Shula today
Faye, Barbara, and
Shula today.




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