SEE WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE TAKE ACTION: FROM THE USHMM

 

Young people have a voice and personal agency. During the Holocaust they found ways to oppose fascism and find like-minded friends—even Jewish youth under Nazi persecution, even young Americans on the far side of the Atlantic. The stories below showcase the power of youth movements and include a striking example of young artists banding together today, in support of peace in their country.   Young Polish Zionists Led Jewish Resistance on the Homefront Meet these brave organizers >>   “The Fear Was Gnawing on My Insides” A Jewish woman recounts posing as a Gentile in Poland >>   A Member of the “Edelweiss Pirates” Describes Pranking Local Hitler Youth Watch him tell his story >>   Harvard Students Formed Intercollegiate Committee to Aid Refugees Learn how one protest evolved into a movement >>   “I Was Coming from Another World,” Said One Young Member of a Zionist Group Read about his motivations >>   Young Artists Work to Halt Atrocities Today Hear from a youth leader in South Sudan >>     Tune In Facebook Live | The White Rose: Young Germans Who Took on the Nazis Join us Tuesday, February 22, at 9:30 a.m. ET for this discussion. Remind me to watch >>   Images: Five members of the Hashomer Hatzair Zionist collective in Zarki, Poland, 1942. USHMM, courtesy of Leah Hammerstein Silverstein; Lodzia Hamersztajn in Zarki, Poland, 1942. USHMM, courtesy of Leah Hammerstein Silverstein; Walter Meyer recorded this testimony in 1996. USHMM; The front page of the December 20, 1938, Harvard Crimson. Helen Wu/Harvard Crimson; Gad Beck (right) poses with his sister, Miriam, on the day of his Bar Mitzvah in 1936. USHMM, courtesy of Gad Beck; A festival held by activist youth group Ana Taban, Juba, South Sudan, 2017. Courtesy of Ana Taban; Members of the White Rose student resistance group, at the east railroad station in Munich, on the day the men departed to the Eastern Front for military service. George J. Wittenstein (akg-images.co.uk)   UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 Main telephone: 202.488.0400 TTY: 202.488.0406