Jewish partisans in Vilna

In this lesson, we will look at how Jewish resistance in Vilna took a variety of forms, including armed partisans.

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Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

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Q1.The historian Yehuda Bauer uses the Jewish word 'amidah' to describe Jewish resistance. What does the word 'amidah' mean?

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Q2.In which ghetto was there a violent uprising?

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Q3.What is a civilian?

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Q4.What word describes the rounding up of Jewish people, and then being taken to the death camps to be murdered?

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Q5.In the Sobibór Uprising, what difficulties did Jewish people face when they escaped from the prison camp?

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Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

Before we start this lesson, let’s see what you can remember from this topic. Here’s a quick quiz!

Q1.The historian Yehuda Bauer uses the Jewish word 'amidah' to describe Jewish resistance. What does the word 'amidah' mean?

1/5

Q2.In which ghetto was there a violent uprising?

2/5

Q3.What is a civilian?

3/5

Q4.What word describes the rounding up of Jewish people, and then being taken to the death camps to be murdered?

4/5

Q5.In the Sobibór Uprising, what difficulties did Jewish people face when they escaped from the prison camp?

5/5

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Jewish partisans - Lesson 4

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Q1.What is a partisan?

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Q2.What was NOT one of the aims of the Vilna partisans?

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Q3.When the Jews escaped form the ghetto, how did they manage to find food to survive?

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Jewish partisans - Lesson 4

Don’t worry if you get a question wrong! Forgetting is an important step in learning. We will recap next lesson.

Q1.What is a partisan?

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Q2.What was NOT one of the aims of the Vilna partisans?

2/3

Q3.When the Jews escaped form the ghetto, how did they manage to find food to survive?

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Lesson summary: Jewish partisans in Vilna

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