Jewish Resistance in WWII
“Hope. Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerously successful.”
It would take six million life times or more to replace the lost love of those murdered within the Holocaust. However despite the incomprehensible disregard for humanity witnessed throughout the persecution of Jews, not all had their lives taken from them. Many Jews fought back and whether they succeeded or not- they didn’t go down without a fight. These are a few of many stories in which Jewish citizens used hope and determination to their advantage, to fight for their survival and through resistance, have an impact upon the Holocaust.
In every Ghetto, in every deportation train, in every Labour Camp, within the Hidden Forests, and even in the Death Camps; the will to resist was strong, and took many forms. Fighting with the few weapons that would be found, individual acts of defiance and protest, the courage of obtaining food and water under the threat of death, and the superiority of refusing to allow the Germans their final wish to gloat over panic and despair, were all successful resistance’s that made impact throughout WWII. How can one say that the resistance of Jews made no impact, when each life saved is a blessing, and is some cases more than 1000 of them were saved? Even passivity was a form of resistance. Even to die with dignity was a form of resistance.
The main form Ghetto Resistance that took place within the Holocaust is known as the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Throughout 1942 - 1934 Jews were transported in vast numbers, and terrible conditions, to death camps around Poland (those taken from the Warsaw Ghetto were mostly taken to Treblinka). Outraged at the mass murder of their people and with nothing left to lose, the remainder of the Ghetto Jews decided to fight back with every means in their power, and whatever the consequence. The Z.O.B. (Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa, or the Jewish Fighters Organization) had been
It would take six million life times or more to replace the lost love of those murdered within the Holocaust. However despite the incomprehensible disregard for humanity witnessed throughout the persecution of Jews, not all had their lives taken from them. Many Jews fought back and whether they succeeded or not- they didn’t go down without a fight. These are a few of many stories in which Jewish citizens used hope and determination to their advantage, to fight for their survival and through resistance, have an impact upon the Holocaust.
In every Ghetto, in every deportation train, in every Labour Camp, within the Hidden Forests, and even in the Death Camps; the will to resist was strong, and took many forms. Fighting with the few weapons that would be found, individual acts of defiance and protest, the courage of obtaining food and water under the threat of death, and the superiority of refusing to allow the Germans their final wish to gloat over panic and despair, were all successful resistance’s that made impact throughout WWII. How can one say that the resistance of Jews made no impact, when each life saved is a blessing, and is some cases more than 1000 of them were saved? Even passivity was a form of resistance. Even to die with dignity was a form of resistance.
The main form Ghetto Resistance that took place within the Holocaust is known as the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Throughout 1942 - 1934 Jews were transported in vast numbers, and terrible conditions, to death camps around Poland (those taken from the Warsaw Ghetto were mostly taken to Treblinka). Outraged at the mass murder of their people and with nothing left to lose, the remainder of the Ghetto Jews decided to fight back with every means in their power, and whatever the consequence. The Z.O.B. (Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa, or the Jewish Fighters Organization) had been