The Great Synagogue of Warsaw, which was destroyed by the German forces during World War II, was recreated virtually with light as part of anniversary commemorations of the 1943 uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto, in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, April 18, 2019. The multimedia installation, which included the archival recordings of a prewar cantor killed in the Holocaust, is the work of Polish artist Gabi von Seltmann. It was organized by a group that fights anti-
Many people in the United States observe Yom Hashoah, which is also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day. It commemorates the lives and heroism of Jewish people who died in the Holocaust between 1933 and 1945.
Zevi Ghivelder is a Brazilan journalist who attended the trial of Nazi killer Adolph Eichmann. This is what he said about the long term charge that Jews did not fight back:
“As the youngest reporter covering the trial exactly 60 years ago, I heard testimony that showed Jews were not lacking in heroes during the Holocaust”
The most striking example was the heroic revolt in the Warsaw Ghetto where the Nazis were shocked by the unexpected resistance. They had to bring in a huge strike force including artillery to close down the revolt.
Jewish partisans surrender after courageous revolt in Warsaw Ghetto.
Even children emerged from the rubble. The uprising lasted from 4/19 to 5/16 1943, much longer than expected. 7,000 Jews died during the revolt.
Heroic survivors are marched off to their deaths.
By Paul Goldfinger, MD. Blogfinger.net. Ocean Grove, NJ, USA
About 400,000 Jewish residents of Warsaw were stuffed into the Warsaw Ghetto where many died of starvation, violence and disease. Many more were transported to concentration and extermination camps, especially Treblinka. There, a revolt occurred:
“On August 2, 1943, some 1,000 Jewish prisoners at Treblinka seized weapons from the camp’s armory and staged a revolt. Several hundred inmates escaped; however, many were recaptured and executed.” From History.com
And you may recall the 2008 movie Defiance: Defiance (2008) Directed by Edward Zwick, Defiance tells the true-life story of the Bielski partisans, a group led by Belarusian Jewish brothers, who saved and recruited Jews in Belarus during the Second World War.
Here is a trailer from that movie:
PRAGUE CELLO QUARTET: “Schindler’s List.”