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Leaders of Resistance in Vilna Ghetto

Women played an unusually prominent role in the Jewish underground in German-occupied Eastern Europe. Pictured here are three of the important leaders of the resistance in the Vilna Ghetto (L to R): Zelda Nisanilevich Treger, Rozka Korczak-Marla and Vitka Kempner-Kovner.

Institution: Yad Vashem, Jerusalem

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Leaders of Resistance in Vilna Ghetto." (Viewed on June 15, 2026) <https://qa.jwa.org/media/poland-underground-1-still-image>.