DARING TO RESIST: JEWISH DEFIANCE IN THE HOLOCAUST

New York; Museum Of Jewish Heritage, 2007. Softbound. 4to. 146 pages. 28 cm. First edition. "Produced and published on the occasion of the exhibition Daring to Resist: Jewish Defiance in the Holocaust by the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York, NY, April 2007-July 2008." Publishers description: "This important companion book challenges the stereotypical view that Jews were passive victims of Nazi oppression. Highlighting the themes of the exhibition, this unique compilation of more than thirty memoirs, oral histories, and letters - some published for the first time in English - documents from a Jewish perspective the vitality and resilience of Jewish life under Nazi oppression. The collection also includes original and thought provoking essays by exhibition curator Yitzchak Mais, Holocaust scholar David Engel, and psychologist Eva Fogelman, all of whom offer new insights about this important chapter of Jewish history. " Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Exhibitions. World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - Exhibitions. Near fine condition. (HOLO2-97-38).