Resistance: They Fought Back

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the first armed battle against the Germans, though far from the only one. Some type of armed resistance was found in most ghettos, and, as was the case in Warsaw, many people participated.

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

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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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