Resistance During the Holocaust

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provided food, clothing, housing, medicine and support for Jews in the ghettos.
The resistance carried one simple objective: Fight back and escape. Many underground groups were being formed in the ghettos, and held meetings to do a number of things. Some of it was to help other camp inmates by gathering food and money, or exchanging newspapers, battle maps and war information. All of this put their lives at risk, but nevertheless they continued to meet in secrecy. Other forms of resistance included physical action. In 1944, two Slovakian Jews escaped from their camp, Birkenau, with the intent of informing the outside world about what was happening in the camps. However, the bombing request they made was refused by Allies who kept the war as their highest priority. Yet still groups of diverse people in many different camps led different forms of revolt, many of which were organized escape plans which ended in death. However, some did manage to escape, including a revolt in which ...

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