Resistance: They Fought Back

The Role of Women in the Resistance

Because men could so easily be identified as Jews, women played an outsized role in the Jewish resistance, risking their lives daily to procure arms and rescue other Jews. One of those female resistance fighters was Bela Hazan.

The Role of Women in the Resistance

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    People have a myth stuck in their heads that during the Holocaust, Jews went to their deaths “like sheep to the slaughter.” But this is where the real story begins. Jews did not go as sheep to the slaughter. They fought back.

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