Resistance in the Holocaust

             Resistance is futile. I can only imagine that was what the Nazi's were thinking while they were butchering millions of Jews in concentration camps all across Europe. The Jews however, had a different thought. Jewish resistance against the Nazi's sprang up, and helped give hope and inspiration to the dying men, women, and children in the camps. The resistance was a great undertaking, and it was a necessary resort for many who had so few choices; die at the Nazi's hands, like cattle going in for a slaughter, or die fighting and killing Nazi's who had killed your whole family and would only continue this mass slaughter. That choice wasn't a hard one for many, and resistance began!
             The resistance took on many forms, from armed resistance, to the will to survive. Many Jews of all ages fought against the Germans, from children to women as well as the elderly. In many situations the resistance groups had only a few guns, rocks, axes, or anything else that they could find. They knew they would be fighting trained German soldiers who had machine guns, rifles, tanks, grenades and proper equipment designed for fighting.
             A good example of that unequal fight was the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. 'Armed with a few submachine guns, a small number of rifles and pistols, some handmade Molotov cocktails and hand grenades, the 750 Jewish fighters were no match for more than 2000 troops and their Ukrainian auxiliaries armed with heavy machine guns, handheld machine and submarine guns, several howitzers, and hundreds of rifles.'
             Surprisingly, however, the Jewish resistance put up a strong fight using a network of cellars, bunkers, and rooftops for protection and cover. The fighting between the Jews and the German soldiers lasted for 28 days. General Jorgen Stroop reported this to his superiors after a week of fighting the Jews. "The resistance put up by the Jews and bandits could be broken only by relent...

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