At a faculty meeting in the early 1970’s when we were discussing the merits of unionizing, one teacher arose to scold us for acting like weaklings. He accused us of behaving like Jews who walked as sheep to their slaughter in ghettos and concentration camps. The comment infuriated me. Were Jews cowards? Did they bravely offer resistance during the Holocaust? Such questions ultimately led to my research and this presentation. My research began with the small Polish village where my family was born. The village is called Nesvizh, and today it is located in Belarus. |
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