SONIA ORBUCH, JEWISH RESISTANCE FIGHTER , WW II
Sonia Shainwald Orbuch (born Sarah Shainwald, 24 May 1925 – 30 September 2018) was a Polish Jewish resistance fighter during the Second World War and later a Holocaust educator.
Orbuch hid in the forests of Poland with her family during the Second World War. To survive, the Soviets renamed her Sonia and she joined the Red Army and helped fight against the Germans. After the war, she returned home, where she met her future husband. After having a daughter in a refugee camp in Germany, the family eventually emigrated to the United States.
She spent the rest of life in public engagement, speaking about her experiences and in 2009, published her autobiography, Here, There Are No Sarahs: A Woman's Courageous Fight Against the Nazis and Her Bittersweet Fulfillment of the American Dream.
Orbuch hid in the forests of Poland with her family during the Second World War. To survive, the Soviets renamed her Sonia and she joined the Red Army and helped fight against the Germans. After the war, she returned home, where she met her future husband. After having a daughter in a refugee camp in Germany, the family eventually emigrated to the United States.
She spent the rest of life in public engagement, speaking about her experiences and in 2009, published her autobiography, Here, There Are No Sarahs: A Woman's Courageous Fight Against the Nazis and Her Bittersweet Fulfillment of the American Dream.
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