However, those that had freedom decided to use that to their advantage. Thomas Blatt, a year after he escaped, joined up with the Soviets in order to avoid his death. Many Jews fought with the Soviets or in their own Otraids. Arguably, the most notable of these groups was the Bielski Otriad. They lived in the forests of German-occupied Poland, near modern day western Belarus. They rescued Jews from extermination and mainly avoided the Germans. However, they were not passive all the time. They would often disable German trains, blow up rail beds, destroy bridges, and facilitate escapes from Jewish ghettos. Despite not openly attacking the Germans, they tried to hurt the Germans at any chance they saw. This once again shows that not all Jews accepted their fate passively. Overall, Jews in the Holocaust were not all passive people who accepted their eventual deaths. Jews often fought back; whether in the Ghettos, the Camps, or not openly. They risked their lives to try to hurt the Germans anyway they could. They wrote their own fate, dying for a cause they believed in. The West needs to show more of Jews violently resisting against their captors, not as only passive people who accepted their fate of dying in camps. They deserve to be remembered for their
However, those that had freedom decided to use that to their advantage. Thomas Blatt, a year after he escaped, joined up with the Soviets in order to avoid his death. Many Jews fought with the Soviets or in their own Otraids. Arguably, the most notable of these groups was the Bielski Otriad. They lived in the forests of German-occupied Poland, near modern day western Belarus. They rescued Jews from extermination and mainly avoided the Germans. However, they were not passive all the time. They would often disable German trains, blow up rail beds, destroy bridges, and facilitate escapes from Jewish ghettos. Despite not openly attacking the Germans, they tried to hurt the Germans at any chance they saw. This once again shows that not all Jews accepted their fate passively. Overall, Jews in the Holocaust were not all passive people who accepted their eventual deaths. Jews often fought back; whether in the Ghettos, the Camps, or not openly. They risked their lives to try to hurt the Germans anyway they could. They wrote their own fate, dying for a cause they believed in. The West needs to show more of Jews violently resisting against their captors, not as only passive people who accepted their fate of dying in camps. They deserve to be remembered for their