Pictures of Resistance:
The Wartime Photography of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman
Presentation by Sheri Rosenblum, San Francisco (CA)

In the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, Jewish partisan Faye Schulman carried two extraordinary weapons: a rifle and a camera. After witnessing the murder of her family and the destruction of her community, she joined the partisans, documenting daily life, resistance, and survival. Her photographs—taken while living and fighting with a partisan unit—are the only known images captured from within a partisan camp.
This presentation explores Schulman’s remarkable life through her wartime photography, highlighting its historical significance and artistic legacy. Drawing from the Pictures of Resistance exhibition, participants will discover how her images challenge misconceptions about Jewish resistance during the Holocaust while serving as enduring works of documentary photography and visual testimony.

Image above: Faye Schulman, Forest near Lenin, Winter 1944.

Sheri Rosenblum is the Director of Operations, Development and Programs for the Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation (JPEF), where she has served since 2011. She oversees the organization’s outreach and collaborations with Holocaust institutions and has built lasting relationships with Jewish partisan families. She is a frequent lecturer on Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. A graduate of UCLA in Judaic Studies and Brandeis University’s Hornstein Program in Jewish Communal Service, Rosenblum has dedicated her career to preserving and sharing the stories of the Jewish partisans through public lectures, scholarship, and educational initiatives.

This event is part of the online series Flight or Fight. stories of artists under repression in collaboration with the Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation (JPEF).