Resistance: They Fought Back
Storyline
We’ve all heard of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, but most people have no idea how widespread and prevalent Jewish resistance to Nazi barbarism was. Instead, it’s widely believed “Jews went to their deaths like sheep to the slaughter.” Filmed in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Israel, and the U.S., Resistance – They Fought Back provides a much-needed corrective to this myth of Jewish passivity. There were uprisings in ghettos large and small, rebellions in death camps, and thousands of Jews fought Nazis in the forests. Everywhere in Eastern Europe, Jews waged campaigns of non-violent resistance against the Nazis.
Cast & Crew
Joel de la Fuente
Marcel Nadjari
Lead
Lisa Loeb
Ruzka Korchak
Andrew Kishino
Mordechai Anielewicz
Mark Zeisler
Emanuel Ringelblum
Julie Benko
Vita Kempner
David Rosenberg
Marek Edelman
Corey Stoll
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Dianna Agron
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What People Are Saying
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Paula S. Apsell's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Resistance: They Fought Back is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
