What about the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto? There were also Jewish partisan guerrila fighters, from what I've read. Not many, but some.
If no one has fire arms, self defense is all theoretical, anyway.
There were plenty of Jews that fought back. They were all killed. All of them. Just like in Iraq. There was no fighting back. That would just get your whole family killed and tossed in the garbage. Maybe your whole neighborhood.
How offensive these people are!
If no one has fire arms, self defense is all theoretical, anyway.
I think that there are a number of reasons for this. First off, I think that there was a belief that people are basicly good, and that the terrible things that the Jews and other "undesirables" were suffering would end in time. They wanted to believe that they were being "relocated." There was also the belief, especially in Germany, that these Jews were first and formost, good Germans! The "Reform Judaism" movement began there, and one of the things that Reform Jews are known for is assimilation with the local people. I'm not saying that this is a bad thing. What I mean is that they want to "blend in," as opposed to "standing out," as the Orthodox sects tend to do.
It was only when they realized that they were going to die that SOME Jews fought back. Either through partisan groups, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, or the revolt at the Treblinka concentration camp.
But most, as I believe would be the case with most people, didn't fight back.
Mark