Sonia Orbuch | |
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| Born | Sarah Shainwald May 24, 1925 |
| Died | September 30, 2018 (aged 93) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Other names | Sonia Shainwald Orbuch |
| Known for | Jewish resistance fighter during the Second World War |
| Notable work | Here, There Are No Sarahs (2009) |
Sonia Shainwald Orbuch (born Sarah Shainwald, May 24, 1925 – September 30, 2018) was an American Holocaust educator. During the Second World War, she was a Jewish resistance fighter in eastern Poland.
Orbuch hid in the forests of Poland with her family during the Second World War. She joined a group of Soviet partisans, being renamed Sonia in case she was captured, and helped fight against the Germans. After the war, she returned home, where she met her future husband. After having a daughter in a refugee camp in Germany, the family eventually emigrated to the United States.
She spent the rest of life in public engagement, speaking about her experiences and in 2009, published her autobiography, Here, There Are No Sarahs: A Woman's Courageous Fight Against the Nazis and Her Bittersweet Fulfillment of the American Dream.