Longacre conceptualized the thesis of this study and was the primary author and project coordinator. Beinfeld was a secondary author and provided important historical contextualization. Hildebrandt, L. Glantz, and M. Grodin provided critical revision of the article for intellectual content and style. Grodin contributed important secondary sources that helped inspire the thesis.
During the Second World War, Jews forced to live in the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland had little choice: they could either fight their Nazi oppressors, or be transported to certain death at Treblinka extermination camp. Here, Alexandra Richie explores the events of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a remarkable act of Jewish resistance in It was a demonstration of heroic resistance, when Jews decided to fight against their oppressors rather than be forced to die in a concentration camp. It has left a remarkable legacy, which reverberates to this day. By the outbreak of the Second World War, Jews had been living in Poland for more than a thousand years. They had created a rich and diverse culture — something that the Germans were determined to destroy. The Nazi persecution of the Jews in Poland began with the invasion of the country in
Jews made up After Poland was invaded by the German army, Warsaw had to capitulate on the 28th of September , and on the following day German troops entered the city. From that moment on, Jews were subjected to discrimination, were attacked in the streets and in their flats and shops, and were sent to carry out forced labour. Devout Jews, with their distinct clothing and appearance, were a particularly easy target for terrorisation.
Sermons from the Years of Rage, , hidden during the war and now released in a new edition, is a rabbinic work unlike any since the destruction of the First Temple. James A. Diamond is a professor of Jewish studies at the University of Waterloo.