Pictures of Resistance - Exhibit & Teacher Workshop

PICTURES OF RESISTANCE:
The Wartime Photographs of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman

Opening Reception - January 13
Teacher Workshop - January 14
Exhibit - January 13 -February 17, 2011
Programs and display at Hillel, University of Washington, Seattle
Sponsored by the Holocaust Center in partnership with Hillel.

Special Guest - Sharon Rennert, granddaughter of Jewish partisan commander Tuvia Bielski. January 13 & 14.

OPENING RECEPTION - January 13, 2011. 6:30pm - 8:30pm.
Keynote speakers: Sharon Rennert, granddaughter of Tuvia Bielski, the commander of the Bielski Partisan group (made famous by the recent movie, "Defiance"), and a documentary filmmaker shares her family's compelling story of courage and resistance; and Mitch Braff, Executive Director and Founder, Jewish Partisans Educational Foundation.
RSVP - admin@wsherc.org

TEACHER WORKSHOP - January 14, 2011. 8:30am - 3:00pm.
Presentations by Mitch Braff, "Women in the Partisans," and Sharon Rennert, "In Our Hands: A Personal Story of the Bielski Partisans." Clock hours available. $10 registration fee. Space is limited - register now!

Special thanks to the Shemanksi Foundation, Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, King Country 4Culture, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany, for supporting this exhibit and programming. Exhibit is produced by the Jewish Partisans Educational Foundation.

How many Jewish partisans were there?

What is a Jewish partisan and how many were there?

A partisan is a member of an organized body of fighters who attack or harass an enemy, especially within occupied territory; a guerrilla.

Approximately 20,000 to 30,000 Jews, many of whom were teenagers, managed to escape to form or join organized resistance groups. They are known as the Jewish partisans, who, along with hundreds of thousands of non-Jewish partisans, fought against their common enemy across much of Europe.

Faye with her Camera
Photographer: Moishe Lazebnik, Toronto, Canada, 1999

“I want people to know that there was resistance. Jewish people didn’t go like sheep to the slaughter. If they had the slightest opportunity to fight back, they did and took revenge. Many lost their lives heroically.

“I was a photographer. I have pictures. I have proof.”

See Faye Schulman's photos in the exhibit "Pictures of Resistance" coming to Hillel in January. For information on the exhibit and programming, click here.