Jewish Strategies for Survival during the Holocaust

Session Submission Type: Panel

Brief Description

As Nazi Germany expanded further into Europe, Jews across the continent faced increasing oppression from Nazi authorities, collaborationist governments, and their surrounding societies alike. In light of these dangers to their lives, Jews attempted to find manners in which to support themselves and their loved ones and survive the campaigns of destruction directed against them. This panel explores these tactics with a focus on Jews’ experiences in Poland and the Independent State of Croatia. In doing so, it highlights the array of survival strategies employed by Jews to resist their persecution, including the utilization of traditional spaces such as Jewish cemeteries, the importance of education and educational institutions, and attempts to petition local authorities for the protection of their basic rights.

Sub Unit

• History: 1900-1945

Chair

• Janine P Holc, Loyola U Maryland

Papers

• Variations in Local Rule and Jewish Routes to Survival in the Independent State of Croatia - Alma Huselja, UNC at Chapel Hill

• Jewish Cemeteries as a Space of Survival - Alison Curry, UNC at Chapel Hill

• The Clandestine Medical Faculty in Warsaw Ghetto, 1941-1942 - Tila de Almeida Mendonça, U of Regensburg (Germany)

Discussant

• Janine P Holc, Loyola U Maryland