Starter quiz
- Which word best describe someone who was aware of Jewish persecution but did nothing to help?
- 'bystander' ✓
- In which of the following countries were Jews murdered as part of the Holocaust?
- Britain
- Denmark ✓
- Germany ✓
- Hungary ✓
- USSR ✓
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- Who conducted the Vel' d'Hiv Raid?
- French police ✓
- Jewish fighters
- German soldiers
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- Who was Rudolf Höss?
- Commandant of Auschwitz ✓
- French policeman
- German businessman
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- Where did the majority of Holocaust victims come from?
- Eastern and Central Europe ✓
- Southern and Northern Europe
- Western and Central Europe
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Nazis rose to power.
- 2⇔Nazi Germany invaded Poland.
- 3⇔First ghettos were established.
- 4⇔France was defeated and partially occupied.
- 5⇔Nazi Germany invaded the USSR.
- 6⇔'Final Solution' developed.
- 7⇔Vel' d'Hiv raid happened in France.
Exit quiz
- Write the missing word. ______ involves taking something into or out of a place in an illegal or secret way.
- 'smuggling' ✓
- What type of areas did partisans usually operate in?
- open fields
- forests ✓
- cities
- mountains ✓
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- How many escapees from Sobibor extermination camp in 1943 were murdered afterwards by Poles?
- '22' ✓
- Uprisings in Jewish ghettos are an example of what type of response to the Holocaust?
- collaboration
- nonviolent resistance
- perpetration
- violent resistance ✓
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- Smuggling in Jewish ghettos are an example of what type of response to the Holocaust?
- collaboration
- nonviolent resistance ✓
- perpetration
- violent resistance
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- How did concerns about family affect resistance to the Holocaust in Gad Beck's experience?
- encouraged him to participate in an uprising
- discouraged his boyfriend from attempting to escape with Gad ✓
- led Gad to avoid challenging the persecution he faced
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Key learning points
- Violent and nonviolent methods were used by Jews to resist the Holocaust.
- Jews from a wide range of backgrounds were engaged in resistance.
- Violent resistance included uprisings and partisan actions.
- Nonviolent resistance included acts like smuggling.
- Many obstacles discouraged or limited the effectiveness of Jewish resistance.
Common misconception
Resistance always involves the use of violence.
Jews adopted many nonviolent forms of resistance. Actions like smuggling resisted Nazi attempts to starve Jews and continuing education secretly resisted Nazi attempts to destroy Jewish culture.
Keywords
Partisan - a member of a group that secretly fights against soldiers who are controlling their country
Spontaneous - happening naturally and suddenly and without being planned
Kashariyot - young Jewish women involved in smuggling and carrying messages between Jewish communities
Smuggling - to take something into or out of a place in an illegal or secret way
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