TY - BOOK AU - Tec,Nechama TI - Resistance: Jews and Christians who defied the Nazi terror SN - 9780190254384 (ebook) : AV - D810.J4 T426 2013 U1 - 940.53438 23 PY - 2013///] CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Jewish resistance KW - Poland KW - Underground movements KW - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) KW - History KW - Occupation, 1939-1945 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - A common perception of Jews during World War II is that they were passive and submissive in the face of German oppression. This book questions the validity of this widely held assumption, arguing that rather than making empty claims about Jewish passivity or heroics during the Holocaust, a systematic comparison of Jewish and non-Jewish resistance is needed. Using firsthand accounts and interviews, the book examines the four main settings of the war - ghetto, concentration camp, forest and countryside, and the Aryan world - and describes what life was like for Jews and non-Jews in each UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199735419.001.0001 ER -