Series: Resistance in the Smaller Ghettos of Eastern Europe

Despite great obstacles, Jews throughout occupied Europe attempted resistance against the Germans and their Axis partners. They faced overwhelming odds and desperate scenarios. Learn more about resistance in some of the smaller ghettos of eastern Europe.

Resistance in the Smaller Ghettos of Eastern Europe

Jewish Youth Movements in Wartime Poland: From Minority to Leadership

Mir

Testimony on the Escape from the Mir Ghetto by Eliezer Breslin

The Destruction of the German Garrison in Lenin

Mlynów: "Life under the German Occupation," According to Yehudit Rudolf

Debate within the Lokacze Ghetto

Lachwa

Izak Lichtenstein Testimony Excerpt

Zdziecioł (Zhetel)

The Underground in the Zhetel Ghetto

Stanisławów

Stanislawow (by Nechama Tec)

Partisan Groups in the Parczew Forests

Frank Bleichman

Samuel Gruber

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