Hope and honor : Jewish resistance during the Holocaust / Rachel L. Einwohner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Einwohner, Rachel L., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Warsaw.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Most popular accounts of the Holocaust typically cast Jewish victims as meek and ask, 'Why didn't Jews resist?' But we know now that Jews did resist, staging armed uprisings in ghettos and camps throughout Nazi-occupied Europe. In 'Hope and Honor,' Rachel L. Einwohner illustrates the dangers in attempting resistance under unimaginable conditions and shows how remarkable such resistance was. She draws on oral testimonies, published and unpublished diaries and memoirs, and other written materials produced both by survivors and those who perished to show how Jews living under Nazi occupation in the ghettos of Warsaw, Vilna, and Lodz reached decisions about resistance.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

Timeline of Important Events

Preface

1. Studying Jewish Resistance

2. Understanding Resistance: Theoretical Underpinnings

3. Fighting for Honor in the Warsaw Ghetto

4. Competing Visions in the Vilna Ghetto

5. Hope and Hunger in the Lódz Ghetto

6. Resistance: Past, Present, and Future

Appendix: Data Sources

References

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-007945-2

0-19-007947-9

0-19-007946-0

OCLC:

1264173582