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Sonya Madesker, a resistance leader in Vilna. 1914- 1944
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Sonya (Sheyna) Madeisker, a Jewish partisan leader. Sonya was born in Vilna in 1914 to well known teachers Hessel and Helena,
She was a communist activist in Vilna during the Polish rule (before the outbreak of World War II) She served eight years in prison for such activities
During the German occupation she was imprisoned in the Vilna ghetto. She became a leading activist in the anti-Nazi underground. Served as a liaison with the anti-Nazi underground outside the ghetto. Exit the forest and joined the partisan fighting was denied to due to her important activity. In May 1944 was found by the Gestapo, while she was in the apartment of a communist activist in the city. Her attempt to commit suicide failed , she just was wounded was captured and was closed in the cellars of the Gestapo, where she was interrogated under torture. Finally she was execution. After her death, military ribbons by the Government of Poland and Lithuania by the Soviet government.
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Rivka Madeisker/ Madesker, member of the Jewish underground in the Vilna and Bialystok ghettos.
Rivka Madeiskar, born in 1922, was a member of Ha - Shomer ha - Tsa'ir and took part in the Bialystok ghetto uprising. After that she lived as a Pole, under the assumed name of Marysia Madejska, on the "Aryan" side of Bialystok, and served as a courier with the partisans. She was arrested by Ukrainian SS men after having been informed on. She was charged with providing aid for a wounded Jew in hiding. Rivka Madeiskar was tortured to death; she died on December 3, 1943
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Yad Vashem reports;
Hessel Madesker was born in Wilna, Poland in 1888. He was a teacher and married Helena nee Karapans. Prior to WWII he lived in Wilna, Poland. During the war he was in Wilna, Poland.
Hessel was murdered in the Shoah.
This information is base
Sonja Madesker was born in Wilna, Poland in 1915 to Hesil and Helena. She was single. Prior to WWII she lived in Wilna, Poland. During the war she was in Wilna, Poland.
Sonja was murdered in the Shoah.
This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by her cousin.
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Cessja Madesker was born in Wilna, Poland in 1913 to Hesel and Helena. She was single. Prior to WWII she lived in Wilna, Poland. During the war she was in Wilna, Poland.
Cessja was murdered in the Shoah.
This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by her cousin.
Helena Madesker nee Karapans was born in Wilna, Poland in 1889 to Tzvi. She was a housewife and married. Prior to WWII she lived in Wilna, Poland. During the war she was in Wilna, Poland.
Helena was murdered in the Shoah.
This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by her nephew.
From the Minsk Yizkor book: In the ghetto in Minsk I also encountered the two sisters, Deena and Sessia Madesker who were the sisters of one of the heroes of the Vilna ghetto, Sonia Madiasker. Dina worked as a nurse in one of the hospitals for wounded soldiers. From there she will retrieve medicine and first aid supplies for the ghetto. Her sister sessia became the contact between the resistant in the ghetto and the Soviet resistant in the Minsk region. In July of 1942, she was caught in the ghetto with her baby girl who was one year old. They were both pushed into the most dreaded “gas truck”* where they were killed when monoxide gas from the engine streamed.
