
Beyond Courage
The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, [2012]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 228 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
"Through twenty-one meticulously researched accounts-- some chronicled in book form for the first time-- Doreen Rappaport illuminates the defiance of tens of thousands of Jews across eleven Nazi-occupied countries during World War II."--Amazon.com.
Contents:
The realization : " I am a Jew and will be a Jew forever". Hitler in power : Germany, 1933-1938. The turning point : Berlin Germany ; A wrenching decision : Berlin, Germany -- Saving the future : "While you have breath". Hitler's campaign for world domination. Coffee and tea : Amsterdam, the Occupied Netherlands ; No more Saras : Occupied Belgium ; The most important game : Annemasse, Occupied France ; "You do not know the extent of my courage" : Annemasse, Occupied France ; In the forests. A shtetl in the wilderness : Naliboki Forest, Occupied Poland -- In the ghettos : "Broken people". The Final Solution. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising : Occupied Poland ; "Scream the truth at the world!" : the Ringelblum Archive, Warsaw Ghetto, Occupied Poland ; A banner raised : Theresienstadt Ghetto, Occupied Czechoslovakia ; "Resist to our last breath" : Vilna Ghetto, Occupied Lithuania -- In the camps : "During the cold nights". Transit camps. The ambush : Mechelen, Occupied Belgium ; Labor camps. Three feet a day : Novogrudok Labor Camp, Occupied Belorussia ; Concentration camps. A secret celebration : Kaufering IV Labor Camp, Hurlach, Germany ; The Sonderkommando Revolt : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Occupied Poland ; Death camps. "Like thunder in the spring" : Sobibor Death Camp, Occupied Poland -- Partisan warfare : "This song was written with our blood, and not with lead". Harassing the enemy. Sabotage! : Berlin, Germany ; Phantom patriots. Long live the Resistance! : Paris, Occupied France ; The occupation of Greece. Invisible warriors : Evvia, Occupied Greece ; Young warriors. The violinist : Ovruch, Occupied Ukraine -- "I am a Jew and will be a Jew forever".
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Teen literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance -- Teen literature.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Teen literature.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Teen literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Teen literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance -- Teen literature.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Teen literature.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Teen literature.
Target Audience: 1030L
ISBN:
9780763629762 (hbk.)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T HISTORY Rap | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Nonfiction | In |
T HISTORY Rap | Sandhills Indoors | Teen Nonfiction | Out (Due: 6/28/2023) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-221) and index.