The Jewish in the Bialystok Ghetto used armed resistance. They used armed resistance to fight back at the Nazis for all the horrifying and traumatizing things they were doing to them. They fought for themselves and they fought for the other Jews too. The Nazis caused the Jewish people to suffer from starvation, sickness, and disease. They caused them to suffer in some of the most depressing ways, such as separating families and taking away every ounce of childhood and decency the families had left.
In numerous ways, the resistors rebuffed the Germans’ desires by both physical and mental means. In A Summons to Resistance in the Vilna Ghetto, the author lists ways of resistance including working slowly, refusing deportation and denouncing bootlickers at work. More importantly, this proclamation asked the Jewish people to “show solidarity” (Dawidowicz, 336). This perhaps was the most crucial because it asked resistors to remain united in times of need and under the threat of death. Consequently, the Jews demonstrate unanimity and strength of mind in an oppressive
Jews During The Holocaust During the Holocaust, Adolph Hitler put six death camps into operation; this was the reason for the 11 deaths of 11 million Jews and minorities in 1933. In the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, readers follow Elie and his family as they are taken from their home and put into the death camp of Auschwitz. According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, the prisoners in the death camp were deprived of their basic needs while they were there. Prisoners were at risk of death all the time.
The conditions while working in camps made resistance strenuous, yet the Jews still desired to disobey. Since a large amount of Jews resisted at work, the Nazis punished those who never meant to cause any harm. Resistance came in many forms during the Holocaust, whether it was organized
I am researching about concentration camps. The two things that I am writing about is why concentration camps were established, and what the Nazis did to the inmates in concentration camps. The first concentration camps were set up as detention centres to stop any who opposed the Nazis. “The first concentration camps were made to detain people without trial, usually under harsh conditions.” (www.theholocaustexplained.org)
First, Jews, socialists, communists, soviet soldiers, and Austrian Roma were treated very badly at concentration camps. For instance, “Prisoners were required to wear color-coded triangles
After the liberation of the concentration camps there were many Anti-Jewish riots, especially in Poland. One riot that occurred in Poland resulted with the deaths of 42 people and many more wounded. Many others, now homeless, emigrated to the west and were housed in refugee centers. In the aftermath of the war the former prisoners were not the only mass of people to suffer. “Meanwhile, the Allies forced the local German Population to confront the crimes committed on their doorstep.”
Despite Hitler’s massacre, that didn’t stop people from standing up and fighting back for their freedom. In 1944, the American, British, and Soviet all allied themselves in order to stop Hitler’s horrendous act (“Forced Labor | Holocaust Encyclopedia”). During the allies effort to stop Hitler, concentration camps were gradually liberated between July 1944- April 1945. By the end of the allied efforts to abolish Adolf’s massacre, roughly between 50,000-100,000 Jews survived the Holocaust. In summary, the Jews had preserved throughout their journey that the Germans had put them through.
Millions of people didn’t run, flee or give above the minimal resistance. There were 9.5 million Jews in Europe in 1933. Unfortunately, their beliefs include not entering the Holy Land as a group before the predestined time, not to rebel against the nations, to be loyal citizens, not to do anything against the will of any nation or its honor, not to seek vengeance, discord, restitution or compensation; not to leave exile ahead of time. Before WW2, approximately 421,000 Jews got away through Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Palestine, Turkey, USSR, and Sweden. Germany had about 500,000 Jews and only 160,000 were killed.
The most common form of resistance during the Holocaust was organized crime. Organized crime is exactly what it says, people (mainly jews) join together and plan an illegal activity. In late April/ early May, 1943 Jewish people in the Warsaw ghetto put up an armed revolt after rumors went around saying that Nazis were deporting Jews to the Treblinka extermination camp.(United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) The jews threw molotov cocktails and hand grenades at tanks destroying them and killing some Nazis.
The “Spiritual Resistors” did simple things such as maintaining their regular day to day schedule that they would’ve maintained outside the Ghetto. Some “Spiritual Resistors” simply still followed their own religious beliefs although they were specifically instructed NOT to do so. Although there is a distinct lack of significant spiritually resistant cases, this was by far the most peaceful form of resistance, and relatively unparalleled by other forms of resistance amongst Jews. V.
Pre world war II, Germany was a country filled with diversity and filled with over 9 million Jews. Life for the Jewish in Germany before World War II was filled with limited rights and judgment of their beliefs. Jews were not the only ones who were discriminated. The Jim Crow Laws in the South enforced racial segregation between light skinned and colored people. People with a lighter complexions had more advantages and special rights in society than those of a darker complexion.
Resistance in the Holocaust It was difficult to resist oppression during the Holocaust, but some people did, both actively and passively. Active resistance is physically arming yourself to fight for something you believe in. However, many opted for passivity to fight Nazi ineffable cruelty and injustice more discreetly. In “The Diary of Anne Frank”, “Violins of Hope”, and “Resistance during the Holocaust” we read about various acts of passive resistance. People can best respond to conflict by passively resisting because such acts maintain human dignity, preserve cultures, and give the best chance at survival.
I believe that many Holocaust survivors felt like justice was not achieved because hatred still exists today and people have not really recognized the same impact that the Holocaust inflicted, among some other reasons. Sadly, jokes are made about the Holocaust and people do not take it seriously. The impact the Holocaust had on the world was extremely profound. It nearly wiped out an the entire population of a race. I believe the reason that people cannot understand the Holocaust's effect on the world is because we are simply told numbers.
The Aftermath of the Holocaust for Jews Caleb R. Mr. Hyde Core 1 March 16, 2023 Most people who think about the Holocaust believe that the Allies went into the concentration camps, set them free and it was all sunshine and rainbows. Well, that is not even close to the truth. After all the atrocities committed by the Nazis during the Holocaust, Jews were traumatized psychically, emotionally, and mentally. Surviving the Holocaust was just the first chapter Jews would take on.
