She Gave Birth in a Forest During the Holocaust | Mother’s Day | USC Shoah Foundation
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In celebration of Mother’s Day, we honor a special woman who became a mother in the least likely of places. Fela Abramowicz was living in a make-shift tent city in the forest with the Bielski partisans, a group of Jewish resistance fighters that her late husband served in. There in the forest, she gave birth to her daughter with the help of a community member who knew how to deliver the baby.
In this clip, she describes her unique entry into motherhood and the immense joy she felt bringing new life into the world amidst such tragedy and death.
Later in the interview, Abramowicz shows the camera a photo of her now-grown daughter: “She is the one who was born in the Bielski Otriad, and survived and became a very accomplished young lady. I’m very proud of her."
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