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__**IMPORTANT IDEAS IN JIGSAW**__


 * In 1942 Jews resisted against Nazis as they were being deported from their homes to the ghettos.
 * Anti-semitic Ukraine assisted the Germans in the Holocaust.
 * By the Fall of 1942, 435,000 Jews died in the Warsaw Ghetto.
 * In January 1943, Himmler deported Jews to death camps. The Ghetto had been surrounded.
 * Taken by surprise, the Jews fought back.
 * In 1941 the death total of Jews increased by thousands each day.
 * Instead of the Nazis just killing Jews for no reason, they enslaved them and made them worked until they were unfit to work then they        were executed.
 * The Jews had a choice between fighting back or fleeing to the forest.
 * The Jews often realized that there was no hope so they accepted their deaths.
 * Even though many Jews wanted to fight, Nazi force was too powerful and always had the upper hand.
 * In the fight against the Nazis, Russians gave a huge hand for the Jews. They brought weapons which helped the Jews fight the Nazis with Russians by their side.
 * The Jews fighting back opened may eyes to what was going on, many people joined the Jews in their fight in the Holocaust. Eventually they had enough people to call themselves an army.
 * There were other ways people helped besides fighting, many helped Jews survive the harsh times.
 * A Polish-Jew named Ezekiel Atlas had enough drive to start the freedom fighters and they aided Jews in the fight against Nazis. In one battle Dr. Atlas led an attack on the Nazis that left 127 dead, and they stole wagons full of weapons to prepare them for the next ambush.
 * Many Jews fought for what they believed in, though many died. But many died outside of battle, they were tortured and slaughtered.
 * Both men and women alike died bravely in huge numbers for their cause.
 * On April 27th, 1942 a bomb accidently blew up a hotel leaving many dead. It was then used as a trap, to capture comrades.
 * Jews made a huge move by assassinating the left hand of Hitler: Karl Ritter. Marcel Rayman, the Jew who shot Ritter was tortured by Nazis and even in death spoke out to what he believed in.