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History's Secret Heroes: Series 1: Bela Hazan and the Jewish Resistance

History's Heroes

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The Importance of Friendship in a Time of War

Hazan Limanovskar worked for the Gestapo in Poland during World War II. She and two other Jewish underground operatives pretended to be young Christian women. All three of them used false identities that hit their Jewish heritage. In November 1942, Hazan and Lomka Kojiborzka were among 52 women selected for transportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau.

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