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Book SynopsisA powerful account of Jewish resistence in Nazi-occupied Europe and why such resistance was so remarkable. Most popular accounts of the Holocaust typically cast Jewish victims as meek and ask, Why didn''t Jews resist? But we know now that Jews did resist, staging armed uprisings in ghettos and camps throughout Nazi-occupied Europe. In Hope and Honor, Rachel L. Einwohner illustrates the dangers in attempting resistance under unimaginable conditions and shows how remarkable such resistance was. She draws on oral testimonies, published and unpublished diaries and memoirs, and other written materials produced both by survivors and those who perished to show how Jews living under Nazi occupation in the ghettos of Warsaw, Vilna, and Lódz reached decisions about resistance. Using methods of comparative-historical sociology, Einwohner shows that decisions about resistance rested on Jews'' assessments of the threats facing them, and somewhat ironically, armed resistance took place only once act
Trade ReviewThis six-chapter book is well written, provides new theoretical and historical insights, and is likely to engage readers in both the academic and nonacademic worlds. * Deborah A. Abowitz, Bucknell University, Mobilization *
Recommended. General readers through graduate students. * Choice *
Table of ContentsPreface Timeline of Important Events Chapter 1: Studying Jewish Resistance Chapter 2: Understanding Resistance: Theoretical Underpinnings Chapter 3: Fighting for Honor in the Warsaw Ghetto Chapter 4: Competing Visions in the Vilna Ghetto Chapter 5: Hope and Hunger in the Lódz Ghetto Chapter 6: Resistance: Past, Present, and Future Appendix: Data Sources References Notes Index
