Those who Never Yielded
Those who never yielded Is a book focuses on the underground resistance by religious ultra orthodox Jews - Chassidic youth to the Nazis in Poland. The movement was centered led by Ger yeshivah students. It adds valuable information about spiritual resistance during the Shoah.
Prager, Moshe. Those who Never Yielded: Mattisyahu's men. United States: Lightbooks, 1980.
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Prager, Moshe. Those who never yielded : the story of the chassidic rebels in Holocaust, 2006.
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There were Jews in the ghettoes who refused to yield to Satan's reign of terror, who, from the very outset, rebelled against his regime of enslavement... These chassidic rebels completely ignored the tyrant's regime, paid no attention to their decrees, and never yielded...
Who were these courageous young men who dared to defy Hitler's command? Who was the leader of this brave band? And where did the group's members get the inner fortitude to stand up for their convictions, even as darkness, doom, and death swirled around them? What did it take to be counted among those who never yielded?[1]
Note: the point of the book is not to diminish other Jews, of course, nor can anyone judge the victims and 'how' they fought, just to highlight the array of spiritual resistance.
The author:
R' Moshe Prager:
| “ | The Holocaust author and research, and founder of Ganzach Kiddush Hashem, Rabbi Moshe Prager, was born in Poland in 5669 (1909) and passed away in Israel in 5745 (1984). The well-known author lived in the three worlds that Ganzach Kiddush Hashem strives to commemorate. He saw European Jewry flourishing prewar, witnessed the terrible destruction of the Holocaust, and merited to see a new generation rise from the ashes. Rabbi Prager felt that he was like a bridge between the ages, connected the past that was destroyed with the current and future generations. While many of the survivors were only able to speak about the atrocities many years after the events, Rabbi Moshe Prager delved into the subject immediately after the Nazi invasion of Poland. Even during the war, Rabbi Prager strove to smuggle documents abroad about the annihilation. He understood the enormous importance of documentation and the preservation of memory and considered it to be his life mission until the day he died. After the Holocaust, Rabbi Prager engaged in all forms of documentation and commemoration: He wrote books, stories, and articles which became cornerstones of Holocaust literature. The highlight of his activities was the establishment of Ganzach Kiddush Hashem. While Rabbi Prager managed to escape and settle in Israel, his entire family and community were murdered by the Nazis. His memories lived within him at all times, as he elaborated upon in one of his poems: “Every evening I burn in the furnaces, and every morning I emerge from them alive and well.”[2] | ” |
More from Prager's authored books:
Prager, Moshe. Sparks of Glory: Inspiring Episodes of Jewish Spiritual Resistance by Israel's Leading Chronicler of Holocaust Courage". United States: Mesorah Publications, 1985. [1].
