“They were doubtful of her worth; what good was a woman"
June 5, 2021 11:49 AM Subscribe
Fighting Nazis with a camera: The story of Faye Schulman. "In August 1942 Germans killed 1,850 people from the Lenin ghetto. They only spared 26 “useful” Jews, including a tailor, a carpenter, and a photographer - Faye, who'd learned photography from her brother. This brave woman survived the Nazi occupation, fled to a forest, and joined partisans. She was secretly taking and developing photos. And when she wasn’t shooting with her camera, she shot from a gun." Born in 1925 in Lenin, Poland, Faye passed away in Toronto, Canada on 24 April this year, at the age of 101.
Faye Schulman wrote a book of her experiences: A Partisan's Memoir: Woman of the Holocaust
Faye Schulman wrote a book of her experiences: A Partisan's Memoir: Woman of the Holocaust
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Doubly sad, since we need people who know what to do with Nazis.
posted by GenjiandProust at 12:31 PM on June 5, 2021 [5 favorites]
Doubly sad, since we need people who know what to do with Nazis.
posted by GenjiandProust at 12:31 PM on June 5, 2021 [5 favorites]
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posted by Kattullus at 1:51 PM on June 5, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Kattullus at 1:51 PM on June 5, 2021 [1 favorite]
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posted by Flight Hardware, do not touch at 2:04 PM on June 5, 2021
posted by Flight Hardware, do not touch at 2:04 PM on June 5, 2021
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posted by M. at 2:07 PM on June 5, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by M. at 2:07 PM on June 5, 2021 [1 favorite]
May her memory be a blessing.
posted by pjsky at 2:55 PM on June 5, 2021 [4 favorites]
posted by pjsky at 2:55 PM on June 5, 2021 [4 favorites]
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posted by The_Auditor at 3:28 PM on June 5, 2021
posted by The_Auditor at 3:28 PM on June 5, 2021
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posted by JoeXIII007 at 3:30 PM on June 5, 2021
posted by JoeXIII007 at 3:30 PM on June 5, 2021
Can someone explain how someone born in 1925 was age 101 in 2021?
posted by Parasite Unseen at 5:38 PM on June 5, 2021
posted by Parasite Unseen at 5:38 PM on June 5, 2021
Ha, can't believe I didn't notice that discrepency. The Globe and Mail, which had the 101 figure, has her born in 1919 so their math of 101 works out. The Jewish News supplied the 1925 figure. Wikipedia says 1919 so let's go with that.
posted by Mitheral at 5:51 PM on June 5, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Mitheral at 5:51 PM on June 5, 2021 [1 favorite]
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posted by From Bklyn at 6:23 AM on June 6, 2021
posted by From Bklyn at 6:23 AM on June 6, 2021
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posted by Token Meme at 10:47 AM on June 6, 2021
posted by Token Meme at 10:47 AM on June 6, 2021
Just...wow:
One day, she developed a photograph that was clearly a mass grave of Jews who had been killed. Peering closely at the print, she recognized her own family. She hid the negative in a box of photo paper to assure it would remain safe and unseen.
She vowed vengeance and sought justice in the forest with a group of Russians — mostly men and overwhelmingly non-Jews — she’d met up with when they raided Lenin for supplies.
She begged them to take her along. They were doubtful of her worth; what good was a woman? But she promised she could serve as a doctor’s assistant, and they accepted her into the group.
She recovered her photography equipment during a subsequent raid on Lenin.
Schulman hid her Jewish identity. During Passover, she ate only potatoes, never explaining why.
She made sure her fellow partisans remained healthy through the harshness of winter, and tended to their periodic battle wounds.
She made her own stop bath and fixer, and buried bottles of the solutions in holes in the ground, retrieving them when needed.
For two years, she lived in the forest and documented life there. She would make “sun prints” by putting the negative next to photographic paper and holding it toward the sun. She’d then give them to fellow resistance fighters.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 7:10 PM on June 6, 2021 [4 favorites]
One day, she developed a photograph that was clearly a mass grave of Jews who had been killed. Peering closely at the print, she recognized her own family. She hid the negative in a box of photo paper to assure it would remain safe and unseen.
She vowed vengeance and sought justice in the forest with a group of Russians — mostly men and overwhelmingly non-Jews — she’d met up with when they raided Lenin for supplies.
She begged them to take her along. They were doubtful of her worth; what good was a woman? But she promised she could serve as a doctor’s assistant, and they accepted her into the group.
She recovered her photography equipment during a subsequent raid on Lenin.
Schulman hid her Jewish identity. During Passover, she ate only potatoes, never explaining why.
She made sure her fellow partisans remained healthy through the harshness of winter, and tended to their periodic battle wounds.
She made her own stop bath and fixer, and buried bottles of the solutions in holes in the ground, retrieving them when needed.
For two years, she lived in the forest and documented life there. She would make “sun prints” by putting the negative next to photographic paper and holding it toward the sun. She’d then give them to fellow resistance fighters.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 7:10 PM on June 6, 2021 [4 favorites]
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