Armed resistance during the Holocaust was not easy. Those Jews who wanted to fight against the Nazis had to contend with antisemitism within the partisan movements, lack of armaments, lack of training and the threat of being caught and killed by the Nazis.
Despite these obstacles, Jewish resistance occurred in Belgium, Belorussia, France, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine. Jews were also members of the French, Greek, Italian, Soviet and Yugoslav resistance movements.
There are other examples of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. One of the most famous examples is the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. When the Nazis tried to liquidate the Warsaw ghetto, an armed revolt was organized by the Jews.
Also, at three death camps—Sobibor, Treblinka and Auschwitz-Birkenau—prisoners organized armed uprisings against the guards.
The photograph above was taken in August 1944; it features participants in and survivors of the Sobibor uprising.
Source: Holocaust Encyclopedia. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Source: “Partisans.” Echoes & Reflections, echoesandreflections.org.