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Gr 6 Up—In this landmark title, Rappaport documents Jewish resistance to the Nazi regime, presenting the stories of brave and committed people who disrupted the course of the mayhem and murder in 11 countries across Europe. Many of them were instrumental in getting Jewish children out of occupied Europe and to safety in Great Britain, Switzerland, and the United States. Others escaped from concentration camps, led insurrections in ghettos, attempted to orchestrate escapes from trains bearing Je...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

“Even as a Jew, growing up in a Jewish household, I had only ever heard that ‘Jews went like lambs to the slaughter’ during the war.” When Rappaport looked into the matter as an adult, however, she uncovered numerous stories of Jewish resistance, ranging from subtle acts of defiance (forging documents, writing poetry) to outright fighting (the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising) and escape (the Sobibor death...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Rappaport profiles twenty Jewish resistance efforts--from defiance to outright fighting and escape--grouped by theme and introduced with essays, col...Log In or Sign Up to Read More