How would you define resistance? How did Jews and non-Jews resist Nazi oppression? What do you think about their actions?
I would define resistance as anybody that doesn't follow orders and does what they feel is right. I think that Jews resisted oppression from the Nazis by planning attacks on them, by keeping any item that may have been of value to them, and keeping journals. Non- Jews resisted by hiding or helping a Jew in any way. I think their actions prove that they are brave, kind hearted people that are willing to do anything for someone they care about. By doing these acts of resistance these people were proving that they weren't afraid to stand up for what they believe in, no matter what the consequence. For example, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising was one of the acts of resistance that stood out to me. The people that were in this resistance just left me in awe and shock. I came across some information that really stood out to me, “During the same year, ghetto inhabitants rose against the Germans in Vilna (Vilnius), Bialystok, and a number of other ghettos. Many ghetto fighters took up arms in the knowledge that the majority of ghetto inhabitants had already been deported to the killing centers; and also in the knowledge that their resistance even now could not save from destruction the remaining Jews who could not fight. But they fought for the sake of Jewish honor and to avenge the slaughter of so many Jews.” After reading this passage I was in shock and awe... These Jewish people stood together and fought for their fallen colleagues, fallen friends, fallen family, and fallen loved ones. There are thousands of acts of resistance and those who were brave enough to actually stand up and fight for what they believe in are the true heroes to me.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005213 (link to the quoted information)
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