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As I've studied the history,
the thing that surprises me most is. . .
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. . .in fact, how much
resistance there was.
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Which takes us to the issue of,
what is resistance?
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It's easier for us to see a man
holding a gun, firing at an enemy. . .
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. . .but is it really more courageous
than a woman, a mother. . .
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. . .marching with her two children,
with dignity. . .
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. . .to get a loaf of bread
and a kilo of jam. . .
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. . .to keep them alive for another day.
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All this was going on in the ghetto.
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Illegal soup kitchens,
education, health care. . .
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. . .all this was taking place.
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And all this was resistance.
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Life in the ghetto is one of hunger,
squalor and disease.
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Dead bodies, victims of starvation
or typhus...
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...are often left on the street.
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And ghetto residents never know
what tomorrow will bring.
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The first instinct of the Jewish
community was to accommodate.
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To find a way of preserving life
amidst that terrible situation.
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Jews tried to have theaters,
social evenings.
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They tried to sustain their lives as
though they were an intact community.
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Let's take our neighbor.
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They were very poor people.
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This woman did not think
that she's a hero. . .
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. . .and her daughter didn't think
she's a hero. . .
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. . .but they were conducting
illegal classes for children. . .
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. . .knowing that if a German patrol
catches them. . .
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. . .they'll be not only arrested,
but also killed.
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It may have been passing on
traditions, a bar mitzvah. . .
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. . .or kids smuggling food, where
1 87 calories was the allotment. . .