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Hitler rose to power
Hitler rose to power in the early 1930s in his early speeches he said "either we remain German or we come under the thumb of the Jews. This latter must not occur; even if we are small, we are a force. A well-organized group can conquer a strong enemy. If you stick close together and keep bringing in new people, we will be victorious over the Jews." -
consecration camps
The first few concentration camps in Germany were established when Hitler became appointed as chancellor in January 1933. In the weeks after the Nazis came to power. -
resistance in ghettos
Jewish units were stationed all over the ghettos in Poland, Lithuania, Belorussian, and the Ukraine. the Germans also tried to establish ghettos in Poland but the Jews resisted. Revolts also took place in Starodubsk, Kletsk, Lachva, Mir, Tuchin, and several other towns. -
Jews resisting concentration camps
the Jewish people were becoming organized and were finding ways to steal, and makd weapons. this was the biggest problem for the Nazi troops. Jewish civilians offered armed resistance in over 100 ghettos in occupied Poland and the Soviet Union. -
armed Jewish resistance partisans
most of the Jewish resistances took place after 1942, as a desperate last effort,after it became clear to those who resisted that the Nazis had most of their familes murdered. most Jews throughout Germany occupied Europe attempted armed resistance against the Germans. -
anything they can do
As individuals and in groups, Jews did anything they could in opposing to the Germans and their Axis partners. Jewish resistance fighters operated in France, Belgium, the Ukraine, Belorussian, Lithuania, and Poland. Jews also fought in general French, Italian, Yugoslav, Greek, and Soviet resistance organizations. -
ARMED JEWISH RESISTANCE IN EASTERN EUROPE
In eastern Europe Jews fought the Germans in ghettos and behind front lines and forest. Despite very little support and even hostile behavior from the surrounding population, thousands of Jews battled the Germans in eastern Europe. -
when most resistance started
While most Jewish armed resistance began in 1943, it should be noted that the general Jewish resistance movements in the region, functioning under more likable circumstances and with a more sympathetic local population, also did not start until 1943. -
resistance in camps
Under the most advanced conditions, Jewish prisoners succeeded in starching resistance and uprisings in some Nazi camps. The surviving Jewish workers launched uprisings even in the extermination camps. -
resistance in camps part 2
On October 14, 1943, prisoners in Sobibor killed 11 SS guards and police auxiliaries and set the camp on fire. About 300 Jewish prisoners escaped, breaking through the barbed wire and tried their lives in the minefield surrounding the camp. Over 100 were recaptured and later shot. -
ARMED JEWISH RESISTANCE IN WESTERN EUROPE
In France, the "Armée Juive" (Jewish Army), a French Jewish partisan group, was founded in Toulouse in January 1942. Composed of members of Zionist youth movements, the Jewish Army operated in and around Toulouse, Nice, Lyon, and Paris.
