Der vergessene Widerstand

Jewish Resistance in the Face of Annihilation - a Forgotten Chapter. The Nazis envisioned only one role for people of Jewish descent: that of the passive victim. The fact that tens of thousands of Jews actively resisted this characterization in Germany and the occupied territories is still largely unknown today. Holocaust expert Stephan Lehnstaedt has compiled their forgotten stories for this book. For the first time, he provides an overview of the activities of Jewish resistance and recalls an unprecedented struggle against dehumanization - a fight for dignity, culture, and the right to live. "Hitler wants to kill all the Jews of Europe. Let us not go like sheep to the slaughter," proclaimed student Abba Kovner in 1941. His resolute stance was shared by thousands of Jews in occupied Europe. They all rose up against Nazi oppression, the harassment, and extermination plans of a misanthropic regime - their courageous actions, however, remained largely unnoticed by the public and research for a long time. Stephan Lehnstaedt now offers an overview of the various forms of Jewish resistance in the Nazi state and its occupied territories for the first time. He tells the stories of people who stood up for themselves and others even in the face of death: whether through sabotage, archiving knowledge, aiding escapes, uprisings, or armed struggle. It is a long-overdue remembrance of a forgotten war, where it was not only, but especially about sheer survival. "I went to the partisans to save my life. That was the only chance." Rosa Selenko. The overdue recognition of a long-forgotten struggle. New insights from resistance research. The first comprehensive work on the topic of Jewish resistance. Stories of courage and utmost determination.