how successful was jewish resistance during world war 2?
It is interesting how little Jewish resistance there actually was during World War 2. This page discusses why there was so little and how effective it was.
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How Successful Was the Jewish Resistance During World War 2?
Website number one explains the different types of resistances the Jewish resistance during World War 2, and gives examples. There were the Ghetto uprisings, the most famous of which is the Warsaw uprising. Between April and May of 1942 Jewish men and women living in the ghetto of Warsaw took up a handful of small arms and fought for their freedom (website #1). They were eventually quenched by the superior German forces. There were other resistances in Jewish ghettos, such as the Bialystok Ghetto Uprising and the Czestochowa Ghetto Uprising. None were successful however. A few rebellions happened in concentration camps as well, such as the Treblinka Concentration camp uprising where seventy inmates escaped, the Sorbibor Extermination Camp resistance where fifty to seventy inmates escaped (website #1).
Website number two also discusses the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. It also talks about the uprisings at Bialystok and other ghettos, where they fought a hopeless battle merely for Jewish honor and avenge their fallen people (Website #2). Thousands of Jews also escaped into the forest where they did their part by harassing German forces. The Jews also used less violent methods to rebel against Jewish abuse. They kept up important cultural aspects, such as observing traditional Jewish holidays and building Jewish cultural institutions in order to keep their memory on the earth as the Germans tried to wipe it away (website #2).
Website number three repeats the discussions about the uprisings in the ghettos and camps. It also discusses why the Jews did not rebel more than they did. The Jewish military leaders were mostly locked away, separate from average citizens (website #3). Therefore, Jews did not have any leadership to organize or inspire them to fight. Also, many Jews remembered being persecuted similarly in the past, and held fast to the belief that if they survived then, they would survive now, fighting or not (website #3).
Website number two also discusses the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. It also talks about the uprisings at Bialystok and other ghettos, where they fought a hopeless battle merely for Jewish honor and avenge their fallen people (Website #2). Thousands of Jews also escaped into the forest where they did their part by harassing German forces. The Jews also used less violent methods to rebel against Jewish abuse. They kept up important cultural aspects, such as observing traditional Jewish holidays and building Jewish cultural institutions in order to keep their memory on the earth as the Germans tried to wipe it away (website #2).
Website number three repeats the discussions about the uprisings in the ghettos and camps. It also discusses why the Jews did not rebel more than they did. The Jewish military leaders were mostly locked away, separate from average citizens (website #3). Therefore, Jews did not have any leadership to organize or inspire them to fight. Also, many Jews remembered being persecuted similarly in the past, and held fast to the belief that if they survived then, they would survive now, fighting or not (website #3).