Testimony of Sara Fortis, born in Khalkis, Greece, 1926, regarding her experiences using a false identity in Khalkis and with the partisans in Athens

Testimony of Sara Fortis, born in Khalkis, Greece, 1926, regarding her experiences using a false identity in Khalkis and with the partisans in Athens Life before the war; death of her father; attends school; relations with the non-Greek population. Outbreak of war with Italy, 1940; work as a nurse in a hospital for wounded Jewish soldiers; her uncle is killed in combat; German occupation; life using a false identity with her mother in a cellar; escape due to suspicion of being Jewish; move with her mother as a non-Jewish teacher with the help of the EAM to a village; life in the village and work as a teacher until summer 1944; informed on, summer 1944; burning of the village; joins the partisans with the help of the EAM; acts of revenge against collaborators. Return to Khalkis; move to Athens; detention for anti-government activities; release; aliya training; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946.