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Witness History: Sara Ginaite Lithuanian Jewish Partisan

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Sara Ginaite Lithuanian Jewish Partisan

13/12/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Sara Ginaite Lithuanian Jewish Partisan

A young Jewish woman escaped from the Kaunas Ghetto in Lithuania to fight the Nazis.

A young Jewish woman escaped from the Kaunas Ghetto in Lithuania to fight the Nazis, Now in her 90s, she speaks to Witness.

During World War Two, a young Jewish woman, Sara Ginaite, escaped from the Kaunas Ghetto in Lithuania to fight the Nazis, With her husband Misha, she joined a detachment of communist-led partisans in the Rudnicki forest . They took part in the liberation of Vilnius, where she was famously photographed by a Soviet officer. Now in her 90s, Sara speaks to Witness.
Photo: Sara Ginaite, a Jewish Lithuanian partisan , during the liberation of Vilnius, 1944. (USHMM)

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