Victims of Hope: Explaining Jewish Behavior in the Treblinka, Sobibór and Birkenau Extermination Camps

I analyze the behavior of Jews imprisoned in the Treblinka, Sobibór, and Birkenau extermination camps in order to illustrate a systematic process of deception and psychological conditioning, which the Nazis employed during World War II to preclude Jewish resistance to the Final Solution. In Chapter I, I present resistance historiography as it has developed since the end of the war. In Chapter II, I delineate my own argument on Jewish behavior during the Final Solution, limiting my definition of resistance and the applicability of my thesis to behavior in the extermination camp, or closed, environment. In Chapters III, IV, and V, I present a detailed narrative of the Treblinka, Sobibór, and Birkenau revolts using secondary sources and selected survivor testimony. Finally, in Chapter VI, I isolate select parts of the previous narratives and apply my argument to demonstrate its validity as an explanation for Jewish behavior.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2000

Author dc:creator

• Motl, Kevin C.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Eaton, Henry L.
• Lowry, Bullitt, 1936-
• Lewis, Adrian R.

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance.
• Jews -- Persecutions -- Europe.
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
• Treblinka (Concentration camp)
• Sobibór (Concentration camp)
• Birkenau (Concentration camp)
• Jews
• Sobibór
• holocaust
• Jewish resistance
• psychological conditioning

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• Use restricted to UNT Community
• Copyright
• Motl, Kevin C.
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 48933447
untcat: b2351936
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