Resistance
Subtitle: Jews and Christians who defied the Nazi terror
By: Nechama Tec
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780199735419
Subjects: Jewish resistance; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Underground movements; World War, 1939-1945; History
Description: In this careful study of Jewish and non-Jewish resistance during World War II, Holocaust scholar Tec Nechama argues that Jews were not passive or submissive in the face of German oppression, but that their efforts had different aims and expressions than those of their non-Jewish counterparts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: "at the edge of nowhere"; title: Learning how to oppose; title: The ghettos; title: The forests; title: The concentration camps; title: The couriers; title: The special case of Jan Karski; title: Conclusion: "not alone".