Fighters Among the Ruins: The Story of Jewish Heroism During World War IIInternational Quiz on Jewish Heroism During World War II, 1988 - Biography & Autobiography - 268 pages Surveys the rise to power of Nazism and Nazi anti-Jewish policy before the war. Describes the youth movements in Poland and their inventiveness at helping thousands of Jews to escape. Those who remained in the German-occupied areas became the vanguard of the underground resistance. Discusses resistance in the ghettos and the uprisings in Treblinka, Sobibor, and Auschwitz-Birkenau. Describes the flight to the forests after the German occupation of Poland and the Baltic states and the guerrilla warfare of partisan groups in various countries, and gives an account of the role of Jews in the Allied armies. |
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The Jews of Europe | 1 |
Youth Movements in the Underground | 71 |
The Armed Resistance From | 91 |
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