To Live with Hope, to Die with Dignity

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Surveys the phenomenon of Jewish spiritual survival during the Holocaust in the framework of the Jewish urge to sanctify God through the affirmation of life ("Kiddush ha-hayyim") rather than through martyrdom ("Kiddush Hashem"). Describes the historical development of the concept of "Kiddush ha-hayyim." Ch. 2 (pp. 29-42), "The Ghetto as a Tool for Extermination, " summarizes the Nazi plan to exterminate the Jews, and its implementation in the Kovno, Lodz, Vilna, and Warsaw ghettos. Discusses cultural, religious, literary, artistic, and political activities in these ghettos, designed to raise morale and help Jews to survive and live a meaningful existence.

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  To Live with Hope, to Die with Dignity: Spiritual Resistance...

  • 1997-08-01
  • 280 pages
  • Ebook
  • Jason Aronson, Incorporated