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Author:

Tec, Nechama, author.

Title:

Resistance : Jews and Christians who defied the Nazi Terror / Nechama Tec.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

245 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Poland.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-230) and index.

Contents:

Conclusion "Not alone." ch. 1. Learning how to oppose -- ch. 2. The ghettos -- ch. 3. The forests -- ch. 4. The concentration camps -- ch. 5. The couriers -- ch.6. The special case of Jan Karski -- Conclusion "Not alone."

Summary:

In this careful study of Jewish and non-Jewish resistance during World War II, Holocaust scholar Tec Nechama argues that Jews were not passive or submissive in the face of German oppression, but that their efforts had different aims and expressions than those of their non-Jewish counterparts.

ISBN:

0199735417
9780199735419

OCLC:

(OCoLC)781680676

LCCN:

2012041864

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)