Hitler Active Resistance

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For many years this topic has been taught so people could never forget the horrifying, cruel, torture of death that these people had to go through due to their religion. Jews all across Europe were sent to concentration camps and death camps just to be left rotting and alone with no hope and no dignity. This all started with a little boy who had a dream that got crushed. Adolf Hitler always dreamed of becoming an artist. Once he was old enough he applied to the Vienna Academy of fine arts. They rejected him which led Hitler to become a drifter. He became influenced by the anti-semitic mayor of Vienna, Karl Lueger. He then became and ordinary soldier. Germany surrendered causing an end to World War I. Hitler was angry and believed there was …show more content…
This rebellion from the Jewish people was a form of active resistance. Active resistance is an opposition of the authority by using violence. In this case when the Jewish population learned that they would be moved to a death camp it caused a huge rebellion that lasted for weeks. “ A revolt at the Treblinka death camp in August 1943 witnessed attacks against German guards and widespread sabotage” (Bennett 5). People went crazy because they did not want anyone to die for being Jewish. This caused a major rebellion which allowed for 300 people to escape, even though only 50-70 of them survived. But, there’s not just killings and attacks. Other forms of active resistance includes warfare, bombings, and burning camps to the ground along with the guards inside. These are all some forms of active resistance that were very effective, but without the help and resistance of various regions, it could of led for the Jewish population to be exterminated all across …show more content…
Different parts of regions started to teach each other about warfares’, bombings, and strikes. “ General resistance in France to the Nazi occupation, which began in June 1840, was among the most well- organized and most well-known resistance movements during the war. This included the Maquis, who were dogged guerilla-style fighters as well as the National Council of Resistance. In Norway, registers launched a strike against a hydroelectric plant in February 1943 and sunk a ferry that helped delay Nazi production of an atomic bomb. There were also many active resistors in the soviet union. They fought against the German occupation, mainly in the western portions of the country, and included Jews and non-Jews alike” (Bennett 6). With the help of resistance of various regions and the help of Jewish resistance, they all were able to stop the extermination and