HI364 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Trawniki Men, Solomon Judah Loeb Rapoport, Flag Of Israel
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Stages in jews" understanding of & reaction to nazi policies. Hi364 lesson 8: the victims: panic, emigration peak. September 1939: shock, options, eastern europe vs. western europe. It is clear that there are so few options. Emigrate: key, cut off by nazis fall 1941, shut borders, jews not allowed to leave. Important signal showing where nazis are in terms of jewish policy. 100,000 people died in warsaw ghetto from malnutrition, disease, violence, etc. the warsaw ghetto because of the assistance they received by various judenrate self-help activities. Discouraged armed resistance: judenrate discourages armed resistance of any kind doesn"t support any efforts within ghettos for inhabitants to rise up against nazis. Judenrate"s decision not to cooperate: need to remember what nazi reprisal policy is and that it"s fierce and brutal. Hannah arendt: attended eichmann trial, judenrate is complicit in what happens to the jews of europe. Why didn"t they just revolt: dominant position in early 1960s.
