But there were some notable exceptions to the role, some brave Jews who did choose to fight back against Nazi tyranny instead ...

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the first armed battle against the Germans, though far from the only one. Some type of armed resistance was found in most ghettos, and, as was the case in Warsaw ...

In response, groups including the Jewish Combat Organization and the Jewish Military Union began to organize a resistance ...

The charismatic Métis leader had spent years in exile in the United States for heading the 1869-70 Red River Resistance. The Red River uprising had won many rights for Manitoba residents.

The Second World War saw the majority of Europe succumb to Nazi occupation. The brutal repression that followed triggered ...

They Nazis were met with armed resistance by a group of approximately 700 insurgents, who, knowing their fate, took up arms in an attempt to die with dignity. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising had begun.