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Former Jewish partisan leader Abba Kovner testifies for the prosecution during the trial of Adolf Eichmann. [LCID: 65278]
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Abba Kovner

During the Holocaust, Abba Kovner (1918-1987) was active in the armed resistance against the Nazis in German-occupied Lithuania. He founded and led the United Partisans Organization (Fareynikte Partisaner Organizatsye or FPO) in the Vilna ghetto. The FPO rescued Jews and destroyed property in an attempt to sabotage the Germans. After the war, Kovner continued to search for Nazis and testified against Adolf Eichmann in 1961. Explore content related to Abba Kovner during and after the Holocaust and World War II.

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Former Jewish partisan leader Abba Kovner testifies for the prosecution during the trial of Adolf Eichmann. [LCID: 65278]
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Abba Kovner
Jewish partisan and poet Abba Kovner, a survivor of the Vilna ghetto, testifies during Adolf Eichmann's trial. [LCID: 65277]
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Abba Kovner testifies during the Eichmann trial
Former Jewish partisan leader Abba Kovner testifies for the prosecution during the trial of Adolf Eichmann. [LCID: 65278]
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Abba Kovner testifies for the prosecution during the trial of Adolf Eichmann
Jewish partisans Rozka Korczak (left), Abba Kovner, and Vitka Kempner in Vilna after the city was liberated. [LCID: 76842]
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Jewish partisans in Vilna after the city was liberated
Abba Kovner (center) poses with Ruska Korczak (left) and Vitka Kempner (right) on a street in Vilna the day of the city's liberation. [LCID: 76894]
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Partisans Abba Kovner, Ruska Korczak, and Vitka Kempner

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