The Role of Jewish Women as Primary Organizers of the Minsk Ghetto Resistance During the World War II German Occupation
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-toledo13722912732021-08-03T05:24:22Z The Role of Jewish Women as Primary Organizers of the Minsk Ghetto Resistance During the World War II German Occupation Alloy, Phillip C. Holocaust Studies History European History European Studies Gender Studies Judaic Studies Military History Military Studies Modern History Russian History Womens Studies Jewish resistance womens history Minsk Belarus World War II WWII partisans ghetto underground Holocaust Russia Byelorussia Jewish partisans concentration camp Nazi Communist Party It is a common belief the Jewish population of Europe did little to resist the genocide perpetrated by Nazi Germany. However, there were many instances of armed resistance in both city ghettos and concentration camps. The most well-known ghetto uprisings took place in Vilna, Lithuania, and Warsaw, Poland. In 1943 Jewish prisoners staged rebellions in Treblinka and Sobibor camps, destroying portions of the facilities and managing short-lived escapes. Due to lack of outside support, each of these actions—ghetto and concentration camp—was doomed from the initial stages, and none had any long term success. Still, these were not the only examples of wartime Jewish resistance. Starting shortly after the city of Minsk, Byelorussia, was occupied by German forces, a resistance organization arose from within the Jewish ghetto in that city. Until the fall of the Soviet Union, and access to archival documents and individuals living in that area, this aspect of wartime Jewish resistance had evidenced little study. More recently, access to post-Soviet information sources has allowed for a better understanding of the depth of the Minsk ghetto resistance. Of particular interest in the Minsk Jewish resistance is its apparent reliance upon women for major support within the organizational makeup and at the uppermost levels of the ghetto underground command structure. This paper will study the contribution of Jewish women to the Minsk ghetto resistance. Primary resource material has been obtained from first-person published accounts of the resistance, wartime archival material, and direct interviews with Jewish women and men active in the partisan and underground movement. 2013-11-27 English text University of Toledo / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1372291273 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1372291273 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: some rights reserved. It is licensed for use under a Creative Commons license. Specific terms and permissions are available from this document's record in the OhioLINK ETD Center. |
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Holocaust Studies History European History European Studies Gender Studies Judaic Studies Military History Military Studies Modern History Russian History Womens Studies Jewish resistance womens history Minsk Belarus World War II WWII partisans ghetto underground Holocaust Russia Byelorussia Jewish partisans concentration camp Nazi Communist Party |
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The Role of Jewish Women as Primary Organizers of the Minsk Ghetto Resistance During the World War II German Occupation |
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