Blohm, Craig E. Holocaust Resistance. Part of the Understanding the Holocaust series. 2016. 80p. ISBN 978-1-60152-846-9. Available at 940.53 BLO on the library shelves.
It has long been common belief that the Jews went to their execution like sheep, refusing to believe until the very end that their lives were in dangers. After all, who could possibly conceive that an entire group of people were slated for destruction? This book puts this belief to rest by presenting the lives of people who resisted the Nazis and fought back, either through passive means or by taking up arms.
Resistance took many forms, from spiritual resistance to Jewish partisans to those non-Jews who saw the madness and decided to fight on the side of truth and justice. Organized fighting in Jewish ghettos, guerrilla warfare from thick forests, and the Kindertransport from Germany to England immediately before the war are also explored.
This is a very informative book that is sure to offer a different view of the Second World War.
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