Jewish partisans in Vilna
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- In this lesson, we will look at how Jewish resistance in Vilna took a variety of forms, including armed partisans.
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5 Questions
Q1.
The historian Yehuda Bauer uses the Jewish word 'amidah' to describe Jewish resistance. What does the word 'amidah' mean?
to oppose
to stop from happening
to use force to defend yourself
Q2.
In which ghetto was there a violent uprising?
Berlin
Paris
Vienna
Q3.
What is a civilian?
someone in a war who is badly wounded
someone in a war who is captured
someone in a war who is fighting on the other side
Q4.
What word describes the rounding up of Jewish people, and then being taken to the death camps to be murdered?
ghetto
liberation
transportation
Q5.
In the Sobibór Uprising, what difficulties did Jewish people face when they escaped from the prison camp?
German guards around the camps
landmines
swamps and forests
3 Questions
Q1.
What is a partisan?
A freedom fighter who attacks people in charge of a ghetto
A member of a group who fights for what is right
Someone who resists using force
Q2.
What was NOT one of the aims of the Vilna partisans?
make it more difficult for the Germans to fight the War
sabotage the German factories
self-defence inside the ghetto
Q3.
When the Jews escaped form the ghetto, how did they manage to find food to survive?
they bought food at local shops
they grew their own food
they took food with them from the ghetto