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Born in Leningrad and trapped behind enemy lines, Zinaida Portnova chose to fight back. She joined the underground resistance, carried out daring acts of sabotage, and avenged her family’s suffering. Even under torture, she revealed nothing. Executed at just 17, she remains one of the youngest and bravest heroines of World War II—a teenage girl who became a legend of defiance.
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