Resistance In The Film 'Partisans Of Vilna'

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“Partisans of Vilna” is a film that shows the resistance and struggles of the partisans in the Vilna ghetto. The many forms of resistance shown within the film were not always accompanied by violence, but acts of spirituality that helped the Jewish population cling to their oppressed culture. This film shows that through both armed and spiritual resistance, the Jews were able to resist the Nazi regime by the simple acts of living. Resistance took form in all ages and genders as a way to hold on the bits of humanity that remained within the Jewish culture as the Nazis worked to strike fear into the entire population. The film shows many ways in which resistance could be seen against the Germans. Much of this came in a form of armed resistance