Non-violent Jewish resistance
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- In this lesson, we will think about how Jewish people found ways to keep their life as normal as they could as a way of resisting.
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5 Questions
Q1.
Which statement is MOST accurate?
No one resisted the Nazis because ti was too difficult.
Only Christians opposed the Nazis.
The Nazis crushed all resistance so we can't find any examples of resistance.
Q2.
Jewish people resisted the Nazis before the Holocaust. Which is NOT an example of how Jews resisted?
doctor surgeries
setting up charities
setting up schools
Q3.
Jewish historian Yehuda Bauer argues that too often, Jews during the Holocaust are portrayed as only...
perpetrators
powerful
survivors
Q4.
What is one criticism that Yehuda Bauer has of survival stories of Jews during the Holocaust?
That Jews were not using weapons
The Jewish survivors were not grateful to the rescuers
The rescuers of Jews were all men
Q5.
What word best describes what Yehuda Bauer is trying to do with the way in which Jews are portrayed during the Holocaust?
de-humanise
perpetrate
support
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.
Which of these is NOT an example of 'amidah'?
setting up a Jewish doctor surgery
setting up schools for Jewish children
smuggling food into the ghetto
Q3.
Which of the following statements is the most accurate description of a ghetto?
an area of a city
an area of a city with a wall
part of a city where you are not allowed in or out
Q4.
Which of these jobs were NOT found inside a ghetto?
cafes and restaurants
schools
theatres
Q5.
Why did Jewish people set up schools, and cafes, and other places inside the ghettoes?
to find ways to escape from the ghetto
to make the ghetto a better place to live
to try to distract the Nazis