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Jewish groups were tortured, mocked, and broken apart, They were to do any means necessary to sneak food like bread, and to gather information and spread it to the new letters, the rescue and cry, and to forge documents too. Most importantly, smuggling people/ men / women / children were important.

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Background Information: who, what, when, and where. 

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Background Information: who, what, when, and where. 

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Who -100 Jewish Ghettos in Nazi occupied eastern Europe.
What-Main goals to organize uprising, break out of the Ghettos, and join Partisan units to fight against Germans.
Where-Treblinka, Sobibor, and Auschwitz
when-1941-1944

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These were the camps they were tortured and stayed at.

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Armed revolt- Ghetto uprising
Treblinka Killing Center- August 1843- forced Labor camp
Vilina (Vilnius). Bialystok- City part of Northeastern Poland
Partisan Units- units of jewish resistors/group
Jewish council- Basic Community services for ghettoized (judenrat)
Sobibor- October 1943- Extermination Camp in a small village
Trawniki trained auxiliary guards- Holding for soviet civilians and soldiers
Auschwitz Birkenau-The largest camps complex and was one of the biggest attempted cities that was resisted.
Parachutists- Group of resistors from palestine and was to aid jews who were in hiding.
Spiritual Resistance- Poems written about their experiences and feelings
Uprisings-Attempts for resisting and fighting back against Germans.

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This image is the ruins of warsaw ghetto in Poland, 1943. This is done by over 7,000 and German officers fighting over resisting the assembling at collection points and burrowing in underground bunkers. Around 42,000 Jews were migrated out nearly half murdered in November of 1943.

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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.438.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0028

Thomas Blatt, born in 1927 in Izbica Lubelska, Poland, describes growing up in an Orthodox family; the establishment of a ghetto run by the Germans after the war began in September 1939; working in a garage, which protected him from early ghetto roundups; trying to escape to Hungary with false papers in 1942 but getting caught; his and his family's deportation to Sobibór, where his family was gassed immediately; the Germans choosing him as a laborer because of his mechanical skills; participating in and escaping during the Sobibór uprising on October 14, 1943 by escaping through the wire fences and avoiding the land mines; going into hiding with a friend on several farms; hiding in a stable and then in an abandoned brick factory; working as a courier for the Polish underground; and immigrating to the United States in 1959.

Some video files begin with 10-60 seconds of color bars.

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Oral history interview with Thomas Blatt

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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.438.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0028 Thomas Blatt, born in 1927 in Izbica Lubelska, Poland, describes growing up in an Orthodox family; the establishment of a ghetto run by the Germans after the war began in September 1939; working in a garage, which protected him from

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Tomasz Blatt's famous quote, "I'm still there, in my dreams" demonstrates that he is reminiscing his past life in tragedy and fright.  (War flashbacks)

Tomasz Blatt's effort to resist was to get out false papers in Hungary. His work in a way protected him from "roundups", incursions, and any physical harm. Tomasz did his work inside a garage, which began in September of 1939. His efforts to escape didn't start until 1941, and was "deported" with his family to Sobibor in April of 1943. In other words, he was moved to a killing center with his family. This act started the Sobibor uprising.

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This is a photo taken in Slovakia, Palestine. At the time, they were at war, and under British command. This is also the Haviva Reik center where crematoriums were nearby.

Many experts say this image is an act for form of aid and rescue. As they gather up, they often took time to prepare and restore their "mentality" to create a mindset. This act in 1944 was to help the Jews in hiding. This gave hope for a "rebellion" or resistance in Belgium, France, Poland, Yugoslavia, Greece, and Slovakia. "Armée Juive" is the name of the newly formed Jewish Army in 1944.

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Jewish Armed Resistance in Ghettos and camps 1941-1944

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Jewish Armed Resistance in Ghettos and camps 1941-1944

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This is a map of the 100 Jewish ghettos Nazi occupied eastern Europe. They had goals to organize uprisings, break out of ghettos, and join partisan units. However, Germans would never stop as an incursion happened. Leading to handfuls of Jews escaping "custody". Due to adverse conditions, Jewish prisoners succeeded in making uprisings, and resistance upon Nazi concentration camps. These incursions were planned for years. On average, half a dozen camps were experiencing uprisings every 6 months. Huge downfall for Germans.