Goals And Obstacles Of Armed Resistance In The Vilna Ghetto

Before the Holocaust, Germany was in the process of recovering from the ruins and destruction of WWI. In the 1930s, desperate for a leader, Adolf Hitler was starting his journey of becoming a dictator and trying to gain power. Using propaganda, Hitler was able to get support from millions of Germans making him rise toward leading Germany (Holocaust Encyclopedia). Adolf Hitler at around the age of 20 hated Jews due to him not making an art school due to his art being a “degenerate product”. As Hitler rose to power, he began to spread his hatred of Jews and started to traumatize and kill Jews. With Hitler spreading hatred, he started making the thought of death camps and Ghettos to be a reality. With death camps and Ghettos made, Jews started

The goals and obstacles of armed resistance used in the Vilna Ghetto resulted in the sabotage of the Nazi troops, although, it was hard to get the weapons needed. Armed resistance in the Vilna Ghetto was seen as tough for most Jews, armed resistance called for strong, courageous, and smart groups of people. Armed resistance had many goals and obstacles to it being accomplished. Most hard and difficult jobs make a good reward for it being pulled off. The goals of armed resistance in the Vilna Ghetto consisted of the sabotage of Nazi troops, getting more food rations, and having a higher chance of escaping. Sabotaging the Nazis gave Jews the joy of seeing blown-up trains, roads, railroad tracks, and factories. These all were significant damage to the Nazis because they not only made the Nazi’s time wasteful but made them also waste a lot of money on reconstruction processes. The obstacles of armed resistance in the Vilna Ghetto included courage, having education, getting connections, and finding weapons. Courage was

In the Vilna Ghetto, groups of armed resistance were formed. The Jewish Pioneer Youth group discussed how resistance was needed, “Resist! To the last breath.”(Vilna Proclamation). Eugine Katz took part in the uprising of the partisan's armed resistance group. Eugine got involved by finding supplies and machine guns, these were used for his own safety at the time as he was only 13 years old. Eugine at the time didn’t know what he would do with these weapons but only to keep them secret and not tell anyone. Eugine eventually wanted to be involved with the partisans group for armed resistance against the Nazis. The reason for his joining was for armed resistance and to mainly try and avenge the Jews in his Ghetto, and to get the satisfaction of having all of the goals of armed resistance. Finding the weapons and resources needed for armed resistance was hard because it was not very common to find stashes of old weapons from the Nazis but, Eugine was lucky enough to find his own weapons. It was also hard to get connections unlike the partisans, with who the leader had connections with the Russians for supplies. Many Jews also died trying to pull off armed resistance due to the courage needed to pull off something as difficult and hard as it was. Hirsh Glick, a Jew from the Vilna ghetto, made a song that sang “Wherever a drop of our blood falls, there our courage will grow anew.” (Zog Nit Keynmol). This strong and