Jewish resistance during the Holocaust : moral uses of violence and will
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Jewish resistance during the Holocaust : moral uses of violence and will
Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
- : cloth
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-197) and index
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Description
It is a common belief that Jews did nothing to resist their own fate in the Holocaust. However, the realities of disintegrating physical and psychological conditions, and the efforts of ghetto undergrounds to counter collaborationist judenrat policies and the despair, could not but lead to a breakdown in spiritual life.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Memory, Resistance and Reclaiming Self The Moral Justification of Killing Collective Trauma: The Disintegration of Ethics The Moral Position of Violence: Bielski Survivors The Moral Goodness of Violence: Necessity in the Forests Spiritual Resistance: Understanding its Meaning Condemned Spirit and the Moral Arguments of Faith The Silence of Faith Facing the Emptied-out Self Law and Spirit in Terrible Times Index Bibliography
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