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Resistance: They Fought Back

The Role of Women in the Resistance

Season 1 Episode 1 | 5m 36s

Because men could so easily be identified as Jews, women played an outsized role in the Jewish resistance, risking their lives daily to procure arms and rescue other Jews. One of those female resistance fighters was Bela Hazan.

Extras
Watch • 5:02
Resistance: They Fought Back
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the first armed battle against the Germans.
Clip: S1 E1 | 5:02
Watch • 2:54
Resistance: They Fought Back
The Evolution of Armed Resistance
Kovner wrote a Manifesto, the first published call for Jews to fight back.
Clip: S1 E1 | 2:54
Watch • 1:24:44
Resistance: They Fought Back
Resistance: They Fought Back
During the Holocaust Jews did not go to their deaths as sheep to the slaughter; they fought back.
Episode: S1 E1 | 1:24:44