3. C OLLECTIVE R ESPONSIBILITY In Lithuania two boys escaped a Ghetto, when they refused to return the entire Ghetto population was killed.
4. C OLLECTIVE R ESPONSIBILITY When Meir Berliner, a Jewish prisoner at the Treblinka death camp, killed a Nazi officer, 160 Jews were executed.
5. C OLLECTIVE R ESPONSIBILITY In Yugoslavia 50-100 civilians were killed for every Nazi killed by local partisans.
6. C OLLECTIVE R ESPONSIBILITY In Czech an entire village of 700 was wiped off the map because a citizen in a neighboring village assassinated a Nazi officer.
7. C OLLECTIVE R ESPONSIBILITY How do you fight against this?
19. My heart still beats inside my breast While friends depart for other worlds. Perhaps it’s better - who can say? - Than watching this, to die today No, no my God we want to live! Not watch our numbers melt away. We want to have a better world. We want to work - we must not die! Eva Pikova, a 12 year old from the Vilna Ghetto. Fate unknown.
Editor's Notes
1. Germany during WWII especially strong. Poland overrun in a few weeks, France 6 weeks. If these two nations with standing armies couldn’t resist, how could unarmed civilians who had limited access to weapons. 2. Even if Jews had the physical strength, the will, and opportunity to escape from a ghetto or camp, there was no place to go. Food and hiding places difficult to find. Local population threatened by Nazis and hostile to Jews. Could not easily blend into non-Jewish communities because of accent, religious customs, and appearance. Forests only hiding place. 3. After months, if not years, of the spirit of many Jews was lost. All rights were taken, forced to live in horrid conditions, family and friends killed randomly and systematically.
This retaliation tactic held entire families and communities responsible for individual acts of armed and unarmed resistance.
This retaliation tactic held entire families and communities responsible for individual acts of armed and unarmed resistance.
This retaliation tactic held entire families and communities responsible for individual acts of armed and unarmed resistance.
This retaliation tactic held entire families and communities responsible for individual acts of armed and unarmed resistance.
This retaliation tactic held entire families and communities responsible for individual acts of armed and unarmed resistance.
January, 1943 - Ghetto was to be liquidated, resistance fighters destroyed tank - forced Germans back. The next day Germans entered Jewish hospital, killing everyone they found and burned the building. Over next several days, Germans attacked but found resistance everywhere. April, 1943 Full scale German attack on Ghetto Jews began running out of ammo, took it from German bodies May 8, 1943 German’s reached Jewish command post, killed 100 on spot Burned down entire Ghetto and killed most of remaining Jews. News spread to other ghettos, camps inspiring more revolts
January, 1943 - Ghetto was to be liquidated, resistance fighters destroyed tank - forced Germans back. The next day Germans entered Jewish hospital, killing everyone they found and burned the building. Over next several days, Germans attacked but found resistance everywhere. April, 1943 Full scale German attack on Ghetto Jews began running out of ammo, took it from German bodies May 8, 1943 German’s reached Jewish command post, killed 100 on spot Burned down entire Ghetto and killed most of remaining Jews. News spread to other ghettos, camps inspiring more revolts
January, 1943 - Ghetto was to be liquidated, resistance fighters destroyed tank - forced Germans back. The next day Germans entered Jewish hospital, killing everyone they found and burned the building. Over next several days, Germans attacked but found resistance everywhere. April, 1943 Full scale German attack on Ghetto Jews began running out of ammo, took it from German bodies May 8, 1943 German’s reached Jewish command post, killed 100 on spot Burned down entire Ghetto and killed most of remaining Jews. News spread to other ghettos, camps inspiring more revolts
January, 1943 - Ghetto was to be liquidated, resistance fighters destroyed tank - forced Germans back. The next day Germans entered Jewish hospital, killing everyone they found and burned the building. Over next several days, Germans attacked but found resistance everywhere. April, 1943 Full scale German attack on Ghetto Jews began running out of ammo, took it from German bodies May 8, 1943 German’s reached Jewish command post, killed 100 on spot Burned down entire Ghetto and killed most of remaining Jews. News spread to other ghettos, camps inspiring more revolts
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