l11 resistance to the holocaust Flashcards
(6 cards)
events of the warsaw ghetto uprising
18th jan 1943, jewish rebels attacked nazis during deportation
19th april: passover eve
german soldiers and officers sent to deport remaining jewish, 12 deaths of germans from suprise attack
returned with a larger force ~2k men + artillery& tanks, smoked out jewish.
7k jewish killed,17 dead and 85 wounded from gremans; ghetto is liquidated
nature of fighting during the the warsaw ghetto uprising
guerilla tactics from the jewish
fought in urban area
urban warfare with use of guerilla tactics
significance of the warsaw ghetto uprising
first urban uprising against germans; largest and most important uprising
inspired other uprisings, treblinka
showed that jews would resisit germans/ spirits not broken
causes of the sobibor uprising
rumors spread that killing centre would be dismantled & everyone killed
leon feldhander led polish jews to form mass escape plan
events of the sobibor uprising
jun-sept 1942: decline in number of arrivals= rumors of destuction of sobibor
sept: soviet pows sent to camp; helped leon feldhander to develop plan to allow mass escape
14th oct 1943:
11 ss members died to axe
roll call: guards got suspicious and opened fire; those armed returned fire
300 escaped: many shot/went off with a bang
100 others found,only 50/200 not immeately caught survived till end
consequences of the uprisings
warsaw ghetto: liquidated 7k jewish killed in fighting, 17 ger deaths,85 wounded
42k jewish survivors deported to concentraion camps
total death toll: 300k + 92k
destruction of the great synagogue to symbolise victory
inspired other uprisings + first urban uprising in occupied eur
sobibor uprising:
some tried escaping, alll were shot in the following day
100 others caught in manhunt
200 not caught, 50 surivie till end of war
death of 11 SS staff & 2 or more ukrainian guards
group brought in to dismantle sobibor, then killed and site plowed and planted
