Credit: JCP
Jewish Call for Peace (JCP) asbl has announced that the film Resistance: They Fought Back will be screened at Ciné Utopia in Luxembourg-Limpertsberg on Tuesday 6 May 2025 at 19:00.
The film will be screened with English and French subtitles. A discussion will follow. Admission is free.
Synopsis: One of the prevailing narratives about the Holocaust is that Jews went to their deaths like sheep to the slaughter. Running contrary to this portrayal is the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising—the largest and most well-known act of Jewish resistance during World War II. The film ‘Resistance: They Fought Back’ forcefully counters this narrative, going beyond a single example to highlight numerous acts of Jewish resistance, both violent and non-violent.
The film is described as showcasing the strength, resourcefulness and resilience of the Eastern European Jewish community. The screening is part of JCP’s effort to reclaim its Eastern European Jewish history and identity. It also “stands in opposition to the dominant Israeli mythology that depicts pre-WWII European Jews as weak and in need of transformation into the armed, heroic Israeli figure”.
JCP stated that the acts of bravery portrayed in the film serve as a powerful reminder of Jewish traditions of solidarity, comradeship and resistance against oppression.
Marek Edelman, a leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, said: "To be a Jew means always being with the oppressed, never with the oppressors."
