Examples Of Jewish Resistance During The Holocaust
Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust:
How and to What Extent Were Resistance Efforts Made?
Jewish resistance against the Nazis took place in many different forms throughout the Holocaust. Because of so much threat and danger, there were fewer chances for resistance to take place, and so there were fewer people resisting. Much of this resistance had to take form without weapons. In the year 1943, it is estimated that 500,000 Jews were murdered.
From the years 1941-1943, underground resistance developed in about 100 ghettos. One form of resistance was running. Jews would run from trains or attack their captors. In both situations, this meant immediate death. If a Jew killed a Nazi soldier, the Jew would be executed along with their family and maybe even a hundred others. Another form of defiance was for underground newspapers to be printed, synagogue services to be continued, and secret committees being formed that defied Nazi authority.
The Warsaw ghetto uprising was the largest single revolt by the Jews. Hundreds of Jews fought the German and the auxiliary in the street. Thousands refused to report to an assembly point for deportation. In the end, in order to get the Jews out, the Germans lit the ghetto on …show more content…
1,00 Jewish prisoners participated in the revolt in Treblinka on August 2, 1943. Jews got what weapons they could find, including picks, axes, and firearms that were stolen from the camp armory. The prisoners set the camp on fire, and about 200 escaped, but about half of them were brought back and killed. On October 7, 1944, prisoners revolted at the Crematorium IV after the learned they were going to be killed in the gas chamber. The Germans crushed the revolt, and all of the 700 Jews that were involved in the uprising were killed. The prisoners of Sobibor killed 11 SS Guards and police auxiliary set the camp on fire.About 300 escaped, but about 100 were recaptured and
How and to What Extent Were Resistance Efforts Made?
Jewish resistance against the Nazis took place in many different forms throughout the Holocaust. Because of so much threat and danger, there were fewer chances for resistance to take place, and so there were fewer people resisting. Much of this resistance had to take form without weapons. In the year 1943, it is estimated that 500,000 Jews were murdered.
From the years 1941-1943, underground resistance developed in about 100 ghettos. One form of resistance was running. Jews would run from trains or attack their captors. In both situations, this meant immediate death. If a Jew killed a Nazi soldier, the Jew would be executed along with their family and maybe even a hundred others. Another form of defiance was for underground newspapers to be printed, synagogue services to be continued, and secret committees being formed that defied Nazi authority.
The Warsaw ghetto uprising was the largest single revolt by the Jews. Hundreds of Jews fought the German and the auxiliary in the street. Thousands refused to report to an assembly point for deportation. In the end, in order to get the Jews out, the Germans lit the ghetto on …show more content…
1,00 Jewish prisoners participated in the revolt in Treblinka on August 2, 1943. Jews got what weapons they could find, including picks, axes, and firearms that were stolen from the camp armory. The prisoners set the camp on fire, and about 200 escaped, but about half of them were brought back and killed. On October 7, 1944, prisoners revolted at the Crematorium IV after the learned they were going to be killed in the gas chamber. The Germans crushed the revolt, and all of the 700 Jews that were involved in the uprising were killed. The prisoners of Sobibor killed 11 SS Guards and police auxiliary set the camp on fire.About 300 escaped, but about 100 were recaptured and