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The Holocaust: Jewish Resistance

A selection of resources relating to the Holocaust.

 

 

Resistance in the ghettos

Jewish resistance
Nazi-sponsored persecution and mass murder fueled resistance to the Germans in the Third Reich itself and throughout occupied Europe. Although Jews were the Nazis' primary victims, they too resisted Nazi oppression in a variety of ways, both collectively and as individuals.


Case study: Warsaw Ghetto
Covers the conditions, the culture, the resistance and the uprising.


Resistance

Covers armed uprisings, organised groups and networks, assassinations, hidings and escapes.


The Righteous among Nations

The Righteous Among the Nations, honored by Yad Vashem, are non-Jews who took great risks to save Jews during the Holocaust. 

Video

Video

Podcast

Women fighters of the Jewish resistance

Author and historian Judy Batalion discusses her new book The Light of Days, which recounts how a group of young Jewish women fought back against their German oppressors in Nazi-occupied Poland during the Second World War.