They Fought Back: Jewish Resistance in Nazi Europe

It is widely believed that European Jewry went passively to large-scale death in the Nazi concentration camps. This assumption has raised anguished controversy among the present Jewish communities of the world, especially in Israel Yuri Suhi has met this misconception head on, gathering into a superb and comprehensive anthology vivid evidence that not all the Jews of Europe let them- selves be led sheepishly to slaughter. He shows that throughout Europe Jewish activist movements fought back, and some fought even within the death camps. Here is hitherto unavailable evidence that a Jewish resistance group existed in almost every ghetto and concentration camp, active in sabotage, and in many in- stances carrying out successful armed revolts. With narratives of unparalleled drama, this volume tells the truth about Jewish courage and steadfastness. Yuri SuhI is a distinguished poet, novelist, and biographer