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Questioning the “sheep to the slaughter” myth…
January 27, 2025
Children were among the most tragic victims in the Holocaust. Professor Michael Berenbaum of American Jewish University speaks zof Janusz Korczak, a physician who ran an orphanage in the Warsaw Ghetto and died with the children when they were transported to Treblinka. Do we say he went to his death as sheep to the slaughter?
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Resistance: They Fought Back | Trailer
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During the Holocaust Jews did not go to their deaths as sheep to the slaughter; they fought...
Resistance in the Ghettos
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Few Jews had access to weapons in the Warsaw Ghetto, but they resisted nonetheless.
The Evolution of Armed Resistance
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Kovner wrote a Manifesto, the first published call for Jews to fight back.
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the first armed battle against the Germans.
Jewish Partisans in the Forest
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Many groups of Jews escaped the ghettos to fight in the forests, denying these areas to Germans....
The Role of Women in the Resistance
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Women played an outsized role in the Jewish resistance, risking their lives daily.
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