Estreja Levi was born in 1927 in Bitola, as one of the five children of the Levi family. Her father, Joseph, was a cloth merchant. Due to financial problems, in 1934, the family left Bitola and moved to Zagreb. After the occupation of Yugoslavia, the Levi family returned to Bitola, and Estreja joined her peers who were active in the communist youth in the city. The resistance in 1942 was on the rise, and the biggest problem was finding housing to hide the illegals and hold meetings. Thanks to the Jewish community activists, this problem has been completely resolved. Illegal meetings were also held in the apartment of Estreja Levi-Lena, a supporter of the KPJ and member of SKOJ. Estreja is one of five Jewish women who avoided deportation and spent a month hiding in the tobacco shop of Bogoya Siljanovski, in sub-humane conditions, until they were able to make contact and join the partisans. When they joined the fighters of the “Dame Gruev” detachment, the four Jewish women were exhausted and could barely stand. The intendant gave each a cube of sugar and they regained their strength. They went to military training with the other fighters and did not lag behind in anything. Estreja Levi-Lena, together with her friends Zhamila Kolonomos-Cveta, Estreja Ovadia-Mara and Adela Faradzi-Kata were the first partisan women, with weapons on their shoulders and took part in all the battles. Due to the influx of new fighters, the "Dame Gruev" detachment was divided on 20 May 1943 – some number of fighters separated from it and made up the newly formed detachment "Goce Delchev". The Jewish partisans were divided and Estreja Levi – Lena now joined the “Goce Delchev” detachment. Members of the First Macedonian Strike Brigade, established on 11 April 1944, until the end of 1944 when it was transformed for the Srem Front, were the following Jews from Bitola: Viktor Meshulam-Bustrik, Beno Russo-Koki, Albert Kasorla-Berto, Estreja Levi-Lena, Albert Ruso-Kote, Mentesh Ishah-Kiro, Adela Fradzi-Kata, Alba Nisim-Miki and Zhamila Kolonomos-Cveta. The growing number of fighters led to the formation of the Seventh Brigade, also known as Bitolska. It was established by a decision of the General Staff of the National Liberation Army and the Macedonian Armed Forces on 3 August 1944. The “Steve Naumov” Battalion of the Third Macedonian Brigade was tasked with moving to Kozhuf in order to serve as a core of the future brigade. In a solemn manner, the Seventh Brigade was formed on 21 August 1944 on the slopes of Kozhuf mountain, with 400 fighters in its ranks, including Estreja Levi-Lena. At the end of 1944, Estreja Levi-Lena was a fighter in the Second Macedonian Strike Brigade. After the war she immigrated to Israel.