workingclasshistory:On this day, 28 November 1919, Faye Schulman, photographer and Jewish resistance
workingclasshistory:On this day, 28 November 1919, Faye Schulman, photographer and Jewish resistance partisan, was born in Lenin, Poland (now Belarus). In 1942, the Nazis murdered 1,850 Jews in the Lenin ghetto, leaving only Faye and 25 others alive, making Schulman take and develop photos of the massacre. Covertly she made copies of the photographs for herself. She soon fled and joined the partisan resistance, serving as a fighter and nurse. While on a raid in Lenin with her unit, Schulman managed to retrieve her camera equipment, and then began documenting the resistance movement, developing her photos under blankets. “I want people to know that there was resistance. Jews did not go like sheep to the slaughter. I was a photographer. I have pictures. I have proof.” Schulman survived the war and moved to Canada, eventually passing away on April 24, 2021, aged 101. * Facebook/Instagram have recently deleted a number of our posts and implemented restrictions on our account for posting about the history of opposition to Nazism and fascism. To connect with us directly, please join our email list by going to https://workingclasshistory.com/sign-up/ Pictured: a photograph of Schulman taken with her camera while she was with her resistance unit https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1864043157114159/?type=3 -- source link