The Resistance

by Deborah Bachrach

In the atmosphere of World War II Europe, the Nazis imposed hardship and engendered fear and a sense of futility in the peoples of Europe. It was the rare individual who braved this atmosphere to try to save lives.

Library Binding

Published June 1, 1997

Reviews

[Patrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was ok very good for history

[Emily Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading about the nazi atrocities and how they almost parallel exactly what zionists (who are praised constantly in this book) are doing in Palestine is insane

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a mixture of sadness, and overcoming the many obstacles. The author explains what happened in the Holocaust with different stories of people who went to or some of their family members went to concentration camps. She doesn't go into that much detail about the camps themselves. The book is mostly based on what the Jews did to try to escape from the SS or gestapo. She tells about the people that took their life into danger by hiding Jewish children. Its said they saved over 600 children! She also talks about some people that tried to over throw the Germans when they went to take them to the trains. When Hilter first went into power he made all Jews wear a star of David on their clothes, then was move them all to the ghetto and so on. People start to fight back. She tells some stories of people who fought back from the ghettos. I think this author made her point in this book.

[Pat · Rating 3 out of 5]

More for middle schoolers, come to find out, but still informative.