Jewish_Resistance_In_The_Holocaust

Jewish Resistance In The Holocaust The Question of Resistance While the Holocaust may be a time period many would like to forget due to the tragedy and horrific actions of the Nazis toward the Jews, the events that took place continue to fascinate historians and stimulate these scholars to ask why things happened the way they did. One analyzed issue of the Holocaust involves the topic of Jewish resistance to the Nazis during the Holocaust. A debate lies in the question of how the Jews “fought back” through armed and spiritual resistance. Scholars may view the same events differently and write convincing articles with different points of view. While some scholars may label the Jews as passively going like “sheep to the slaughter,” other historians see a courageous spiritual and, when possible, armed resistance to Nazi terror. Accordingly, scholars Raul Hilberg, Martin Cohen, Yehuda Bauer, and Bruno Bettelheim can look at the Jewish resistance during the Holocaust and write antithetical articles with opposing opinions. Overview of Authors’ Arguments To understand the different viewpoints respected scholars may hold, an analysis of each author’s essays provides a foundation to assess the varying sides to the issue of Jewish resistance. Martin Cohen, in his resistance, jews, jewish, holocaust, hilberg, cohen, bauer, nazi, armed, bettleheim, statement, nazis, during, scholars, non-violent, against, while, way, one, hilberg’s, analysis, through, situation, seen, issue, behavior, violent, past, form, essay, due, arms, says, idea, however