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Violent Jewish resistance

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  1. In this lesson, we will think about how some Jewish people organised violent uprisings against the Nazis.

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Q1.
The historian Yehuda Bauer uses the Jewish word 'amidah' to describe Jewish resistance. What does the word 'amidah' mean?
to oppose
Correct answer: to stand up againat
to stop from happening
to use force to defend yourself
Q2.
Which of these is NOT an example of 'amidah'?
Correct answer: killing non-Jewish people
setting up a Jewish doctor surgery
setting up schools for Jewish children
smuggling food into the ghetto
Q3.
Which of these statement is the best description of a ghetto?
Correct answer: a separate part of a city for only some people to live in
an area of a city
an area of a city with a wall
part of a city where you are not allowed in or out
Q4.
Which of these jobs were NOT found inside a ghetto?
cafes and restaurants
Correct answer: government buildings
schools
theatres
Q5.
Why did Jewish people set up schools, and cafes, and other places inside the ghettoes?
to find ways to escape from the ghetto
Correct answer: to make life seem normal
to make the ghetto a better place to live
to try to distract the Nazis

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5 Questions

Q1.
The historian Yehuda Bauer uses the Jewish word 'amidah' to describe Jewish resistance. What does the word 'amidah' mean?
to oppose
Correct answer: to stand up againat
to stop from happening
to use force to defend yourself
Q2.
In which ghetto was there a violent uprising?
Berlin
Paris
Vienna
Correct answer: Warsaw
Q3.
What is a civilian?
someone in a war who is badly wounded
someone in a war who is captured
someone in a war who is fighting on the other side
Correct answer: someone in a war who is not in the armed forces
Q4.
What word describes the rounding up of Jewish people, and then being taken to the death camps to be murdered?
Correct answer: deportation
ghetto
liberation
transportation
Q5.
In the Sobibór Uprising, what difficulties did Jewish people face when they escaped from the prison camp?
Correct answer: all of these
German guards around the camps
landmines
swamps and forests

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UnitHistory / How did Jewish people resist during the holocaust?

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