resistance: Flashcards
resistance:
refusal to acceot or comply w something
why most ppl didnt resist the nazis?
some did as wasnt in tehir religion or moral ways opposition to nazi and facism
some individyuals hapled save jews at big risks
eg of resistance;
oskar skindler-bruennlitz factory
frank family and the van pels family and fritz pfeffer
warsaw ghetto uprising:
french village -;e chambon sur lignon
french village
offered shelter everywhere
forged id rand ration crads
some guided ppl across borders to switzerland
provided for around 5,000 3-5k fleeing many helped got killed by ss)
frank family:
hid in secret annexe above ehr dads office buliding
more than 2 yrs with the van pels and a dentist called fritz pfeffer later on
discovered
Oscar skindler:
German catholic
1939 joined Nazi party
moved to Krakow-opening a factory
employed Jewish workers living nearby in Krakow ghettos
1944-1700 workers
faked passports
relocated to brunnlits
1200 needed for work
helped a lot of ppl
800 men 300-400 women
sparing them horrors of future camp life-aushwitz
Warsaw ghetto uprising;
uprised violence when German ppl and troops entered to deport surviving Jewish surgent rebelling
housed 400,000 jews
largest uprising
may 16th 1943=
survivors to camps 35,000 killed