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Leon Kahn with Lithuanian partisans.
In 1941, Leon Kahn witnessed the mass murder of hundreds of Jewish women and children from his town, Eišiškės. Leon’s family members were among the victims.
In 1944, Leon joined a partisan resistance group. They fought against the Nazis and local collaborators. Leon became an expert in blowing up Nazi German supply trains and sabotaging communications.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of the Shtetl Foundation. 39048