"I, myself, remained on the balcony and fired at the confused and embarrassed Germans with my Mauser. From my balcony, I could see them in all their helplessness and their loss of control. The air was full of wails and shouts. Many of them tried to run to the walls of the houses for cover but everything was barred and beyond that, death was pursuing them. In the noise, the fluster, and the cries of the wounded, we heard the astonished outcry of one of the Germans: 'Juden haben waffen! Juden haben waffen!' ('The Jews have arms!') . . .
The battle lasted for about a half an hour. The Germans withdrew and there were many corpses and wounded in the street." -- Recollection of the opening engagement on 19 April 1943 of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising by Haim Frymer, Jewish Fighting Organization, quoted in Resistance by Israel Gutman, New York, 1994, pp. 206-207. http://www.amazon.com/Resistance-The-Warsaw-Ghetto-Uprising/dp/0395901308***
Interesting account of behavior during that stressful period, not nearly as romantic as the Nazi cries of "Juden haben waffen".
http://www.politicsforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66037...
It was also in 1942 that the ZOB [Warsaw resistance] was established...We came to them [neighbors] and asked them nicely. Once, twice, three times. If they wanted [to give monetary aid], they gave. If they didn't want, they gave anyway."
What do you mean?
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...there was no choice. We explained to them that they were all going to die, that their gold would go to the Nazis.
They didn't want to understand. What else could we do?"