Ghetto in Flames: The Struggle and Destruction of the Jews in Vilna in the Holocaust

Braham, Randolph L.; Arad, Yitzhak

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“…The "save your own skin" mentality made it easier for the Germans to kill Jews. Yitzhak Arad (1980), a survivor and partisan in Lithuania, observes in his account of Vilna, "The entire undertaking [the execution of the Jews working for the SS] came as a severe shock to the ghetto, as the workers were considered to be the safest group" (p. 160). 1 The attitude of Germans seeing Jewish labor as useful should not be under stood as seeing them as human beings; from a Wehrmacht (German army) com munique: "Of course, the cleansing of the East of Jews is a necessary task; its implementation, however, must be coordinated with the necessities of war pro duction" (Arad, 1980, p. 167).…”

Section: Collaborationist Action: the Vilna Judenratmentioning

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Two Models of Political Organization

Glass

1999

American Behavioral Scientist

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This article explores some of the psychological and material conditions motivating Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. The author looks at the underground movement in Vilna and the partisan movements in the Russian forests, with specific attention to Tuvia Bielski's family camp of more than 1,200 Jews and the reasons behind its very high survivor rate (95%). The article also examines the relationship between identity and violence, the resurrection of self through violent encounter with the enemy, and the psychological dynamics motivating both resistance and the accommodation policies of the Vilna Judenrat. The political theory of Frantz Fanon is used to draw some group psychological inferences concerning the resistance's use of violence.

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Section: Collaborationist Action: the Vilna Judenratmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The attitude of the Jewish masses is summed up by Abba Kovner, the leader of the Vilna underground: "The slaughter of millions was outside the realm of possibility" (Arad, 1980, p. 178). The attitude toward German brutality is summed up by Arad (1980):…”

Section: Collaborationist Action: the Vilna Judenratmentioning

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Two Models of Political Organization

Glass

1999

American Behavioral Scientist

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Witness as Study: The Difficult Inheritance of Testimony

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Clamen³

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The Touch of the Past: Remembrance, Learning, and Ethics

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The Emergence of Jewish Ghettos during the Holocaust

Michman

Schramm²

2011

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This book is a linguistic-cultural study of the emergence of the Jewish ghettos during the Holocaust. It traces the origins and uses of the term 'ghetto' in European discourse from the sixteenth century to the Nazi regime. It examines with a magnifying glass both the actual establishment of and the discourse of the Nazis and their allies on ghettos from 1939 to 1944. With conclusions that oppose all existing explanations and cursory examinations of the ghetto, the book impacts overall understanding of the anti-Jewish policies of Nazi Germany.

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Ghetto in Flames: The Struggle and Destruction of the Jews in Vilna in the Holocaust

Cited by 8 publications

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Two Models of Political Organization

Two Models of Political Organization

Witness as Study: The Difficult Inheritance of Testimony

The Emergence of Jewish Ghettos during the Holocaust

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