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⚫ '''Mira Shelub''' (born 13 January 1922, Zdzieciol, Poland) was a ] Polish resistance fighter.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=MIRA SHELUB - BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE |url=https://echoesandreflections.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/06-02-02-01-Mira-Shelub.pdf |website=echoesandreflections.org}}</ref> She fought against German forces on the eastern front of the ] as part of a partisan group led by her husband. She has since spoken She co-wrote a memoir about her experience in the resistance titled ''Never the Last Road'' (2015).
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⚫ '''Mira Shelub''' (13 January 1922 - 30 December 2024) was a Polish Jewish resistance fighter.<ref name="Echoes profile">{{Cite web |title=Mira Shelub - Biographical Profile |url=https://echoesandreflections.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/06-02-02-01-Mira-Shelub.pdf |website=Echoes & Reflections}}</ref> She fought against German forces on the eastern front of the ] as part of a partisan group led by her husband. She also co-wrote a memoir about her experience in the resistance titled ''Never the Last Road'' (2015).


== Early life == == Early life ==
Shelub was born to Chaim and Chana Raznov.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://echoesandreflections.org/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=echoesandreflections.org}}</ref> She had one sister, Sara, and one brother, Moris. Chaim Raznov owned a clothing store and was also an insurance broker for a company that he owned, while Shelub's mother Chana often helped her father with his businesses. She went to a Jewish school and later went on scholarship to a ] in ]. Following the Nazi Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939, Vilna became part of ], and Shelub was forced to change schools and learn Russian. In 1939 when Germany invaded the area (formerly part of Poland, then Soviet Lithuania), she was forced to return home.<ref name=":1" /> Shelub was born in Zdzieciol, Poland on 13 January 1922 to Chaim and Chana Raznov.<ref name="Echoes profile" /> She had one sister, Sara, and one brother, Moris. Chaim Raznov owned a clothing store and was also an insurance broker for a company that he owned, while Shelub's mother Chana often helped her father with his businesses. She went to a Jewish school and later attended a ] in ] on a scholarship. Following the Nazi Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939, Vilna became a part of ], and Shelub was forced to change schools and learn Russian. When Germany invaded the area in 1939, she was forced to return home.<ref name="Echoes profile" />


In 1941, she and her family were forced to live in the ] (also known as the ]), in the town of ], in what is now ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mira Shelub |url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/mira-shelub |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org |language=en}}</ref> This was following a German requirement to wear the Yellow Stars of David on their clothing in order to mark their status as Jewish individuals. During a deportation in the ghetto, Shelub and her sister Sara were seperated from their family. While the sisters attempted an escape to a local forest, but were caught by a sympathetic police unit who sent them to ], a nearby ghetto, instead of full deportation. Here, the sisters reunited with their family who the local police had opted to not deport. They spent some time here until their eventual escape into the ] and joined a local ]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Admin |first=Content |date=2016-12-07 |title=Mira Shelub |url=https://www.jewishpartisans.org/partisans/mira-shelub |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Holocaust Resistance: Female Jewish Partisans |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/holocaust-resistance-female-jewish-partisans |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org}}</ref> In 1941, she and her family were forced to live in the ] (also known as the ]), in the town of ], in what is now ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mira Shelub |url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/mira-shelub |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org |language=en}}</ref> The family spent some time here until they eventually escaped into the ] and joined a local ].<ref name="Jewish Partisan bio">{{Cite web |date=2016-12-07 |title=Mira Shelub |url=https://www.jewishpartisans.org/partisans/mira-shelub |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Holocaust Resistance: Female Jewish Partisans |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/holocaust-resistance-female-jewish-partisans |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Jewish Virtual Library}}</ref>


== Partisan resistance == == Partisan resistance ==
Following her escape from Zdziedciol following German invasion, Shelub began supporting a partisan group lead by Norman (Nochum) Shelub, her future husband. Her work largely involved supporting the partisan unit through cooking, cleaning, and general support infrastructure to the partisan group's militant unit. On one noted occasion, Shelub was responsible for carrying ammunition for her husband's machine gun into an active combat zone. It was reported that across her unit, roughly one quarter of the individuals were women.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Admin |first=Content |date=2016-12-07 |title=Mira Shelub |url=https://www.jewishpartisans.org/partisans/mira-shelub |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation |language=en}}</ref> The initial partisan group she joined was a mixed group of eastern European fighters, some of whom expressed ] views. Due to this, Norman lead a separate group of partisan fighters who he coordinated efforts for with Russian colleagues. Following her escape from Zdziedciol following German invasion, Shelub began supporting a partisan group led by Norman (Nochum) Shelub, her future husband. Her work largely involved supporting the partisan unit through cooking, cleaning, and general support infrastructure to the partisan group's militant unit. On one noted occasion, Shelub was responsible for carrying ammunition for her husband's machine gun into an active combat zone. It was reported that across her unit, roughly one quarter of the individuals were women.<ref name="Jewish Partisan bio" /> The initial partisan group she joined was a mixed group of eastern European fighters, some of whom expressed ] views. Due to this, Norman led a separate group of partisan fighters who he coordinated efforts for with Russian colleagues.


Their unit would engage in acts of sabotage against German peasants, supply lines, and communication networks. Much of their fighting was built around ], where they would often retreat back to the forests. Shelub spoke on this experience: Their unit would engage in acts of sabotage against German peasants, supply lines, and communication networks. Much of their fighting was built around ], where they would often retreat back to the forests. Shelub spoke on this experience:


"The trees, the sky, the pine-needle ground were our summer home. The underground hut was our winter home. We're dealing with friendly and unfriendly peasants. The friendly peasant supported us with food and with ammunition. The unfriendly peasant had no choice. We would get in at night, pick up the prepared food orders that were prepared for the Germans, and leave receipts: "The partisans were here.""<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Jewish partisan during World War II {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/video/178880/overview-activities-Jewish-World-War-II |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> "The trees, the sky, the pine-needle ground were our summer home. The underground hut was our winter home. We're dealing with friendly and unfriendly peasants. The friendly peasant supported us with food and with ammunition. The unfriendly peasant had no choice. We would get in at night, pick up the prepared food orders that were prepared for the Germans, and leave receipts: 'The partisans were here.'"<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Jewish partisan during World War II |website=Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/video/178880/overview-activities-Jewish-World-War-II |access-date=2024-03-21 |language=en}}</ref>


During her time fighting within the partisan resistance, the local police attacked the area where the family was staying and Mira’s mother was killed. Despite surviving the Nazi occupation, her father would fall ill and die following the Soviet liberation of the area. During her time fighting within the partisan resistance, the local police attacked the area where the family was staying and Mira's mother was killed. Despite surviving the Nazi occupation, her father would fall ill and die following the Soviet liberation of the area.


== Later life == == Later life ==
Following the 1944 liberation of her land, Shelub would go on to stay within a displaced persons' camp in ], Austria.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://echoesandreflections.org/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=echoesandreflections.org}}</ref> After the war, they would go on to immigrate to the United States while Shelub's siblings remained in Europe. Prior to this, Mira and Norman would get married within their homeland. Mira and Norman would initially immigrate to ], New York, until they made a final move to ] where Norman's family had settled. It was here that Shelub would give birth to their children: Irwin, Mark, and Elaine. Over the next few decades, Shelub would continue to support her husband through their restaurant in San Franssico. Following the 1944 liberation of her land, Shelub would go on to stay within a displaced persons' camp in ], Austria.<ref name="Echoes profile" /> After the war, they would go on to immigrate to the United States while Shelub's siblings remained in Europe. Prior to this, Mira and Norman would get married within their homeland. Mira and Norman would initially immigrate to ], New York, until they made a final move to ], where Norman's family had settled. It was here that Shelub would give birth to their children: Irwin, Mark, and Elaine. Over the next few decades, Shelub would continue to support her husband through their restaurant in San Francisco.


In 1977, following complications from a heart surgery, Norman Shelub passed away. Despite this, Shelub's children convinced her to go back and complete her studies, where she earned a bachelor's in 1988 and a master's degree in 1994 from ]. She would complete her master's in Counseling. She continues to live in the same house the couple purchased in 1959. In 1977, following complications from a heart surgery, Norman Shelub passed away. Despite this, Shelub's children convinced her to go back and complete her studies, where she earned a bachelor's in 1988 and a master's degree in 1994 from ]. She would complete her master's in counseling. She continues to live in the same house the couple purchased in 1959.

https://www.jewishpartisans.org/partisans/mira-shelub

https://iwitness.usc.edu/sfi/Data/EchoesData/EchoesBios/PDF/Shelub.Mira.pdf

https://www.britannica.com/video/178880/overview-activities-Jewish-World-War-II


== Works == == Works ==

* ''Never the Last Road'', Lehrhaus Judaica and JFCS Press, 2015. * ''Never the Last Road'', Lehrhaus Judaica and JFCS Press, 2015.


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== External links == == External links ==
⚫ * | USC Shoah Foundation (via YouTube)

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Mira Shelub (13 January 1922 - 30 December 2024) was a Polish Jewish resistance fighter. She fought against German forces on the eastern front of the second World War as part of a partisan group led by her husband. She also co-wrote a memoir about her experience in the resistance titled Never the Last Road (2015).

Early life

Shelub was born in Zdzieciol, Poland on 13 January 1922 to Chaim and Chana Raznov. She had one sister, Sara, and one brother, Moris. Chaim Raznov owned a clothing store and was also an insurance broker for a company that he owned, while Shelub's mother Chana often helped her father with his businesses. She went to a Jewish school and later attended a Gymnasium in Vilna on a scholarship. Following the Nazi Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939, Vilna became a part of Lithuania, and Shelub was forced to change schools and learn Russian. When Germany invaded the area in 1939, she was forced to return home.

In 1941, she and her family were forced to live in the Zdziedciol Ghetto (also known as the Dzyatlava Ghetto), in the town of Dzyatlava, in what is now Western Belarus. The family spent some time here until they eventually escaped into the Lipiczany forest and joined a local partisan group.

Partisan resistance

Following her escape from Zdziedciol following German invasion, Shelub began supporting a partisan group led by Norman (Nochum) Shelub, her future husband. Her work largely involved supporting the partisan unit through cooking, cleaning, and general support infrastructure to the partisan group's militant unit. On one noted occasion, Shelub was responsible for carrying ammunition for her husband's machine gun into an active combat zone. It was reported that across her unit, roughly one quarter of the individuals were women. The initial partisan group she joined was a mixed group of eastern European fighters, some of whom expressed antisemitic views. Due to this, Norman led a separate group of partisan fighters who he coordinated efforts for with Russian colleagues.

Their unit would engage in acts of sabotage against German peasants, supply lines, and communication networks. Much of their fighting was built around guerilla warfare, where they would often retreat back to the forests. Shelub spoke on this experience:

"The trees, the sky, the pine-needle ground were our summer home. The underground hut was our winter home. We're dealing with friendly and unfriendly peasants. The friendly peasant supported us with food and with ammunition. The unfriendly peasant had no choice. We would get in at night, pick up the prepared food orders that were prepared for the Germans, and leave receipts: 'The partisans were here.'"

During her time fighting within the partisan resistance, the local police attacked the area where the family was staying and Mira's mother was killed. Despite surviving the Nazi occupation, her father would fall ill and die following the Soviet liberation of the area.

Later life

Following the 1944 liberation of her land, Shelub would go on to stay within a displaced persons' camp in Bad Gastein, Austria. After the war, they would go on to immigrate to the United States while Shelub's siblings remained in Europe. Prior to this, Mira and Norman would get married within their homeland. Mira and Norman would initially immigrate to New Rochelle, New York, until they made a final move to San Francisco, where Norman's family had settled. It was here that Shelub would give birth to their children: Irwin, Mark, and Elaine. Over the next few decades, Shelub would continue to support her husband through their restaurant in San Francisco.

In 1977, following complications from a heart surgery, Norman Shelub passed away. Despite this, Shelub's children convinced her to go back and complete her studies, where she earned a bachelor's in 1988 and a master's degree in 1994 from San Francisco State University. She would complete her master's in counseling. She continues to live in the same house the couple purchased in 1959.

Works

  • Never the Last Road, Lehrhaus Judaica and JFCS Press, 2015.

References

  1. ^ "Mira Shelub - Biographical Profile" (PDF). Echoes & Reflections.
  2. "Mira Shelub". encyclopedia.ushmm.org. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  3. ^ "Mira Shelub". Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation. December 7, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  4. "Holocaust Resistance: Female Jewish Partisans". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  5. "The Jewish partisan during World War II". Britannica. Retrieved March 21, 2024.

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