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Acto of bravery by Mozyr Jews during the Second World War.

Director of the Museum of the Jewish heritage (New York) Dr. David Marvell invited chairman Mozyr (Belarus) Executive Committee of the City Valentin Borisenko to take part in opening of the exhibition "Jewish Defiance in the Holocaust" which starts in New York on April, 17th.
Let's remind, that in the autumn of 1941 in occupied by nazis Mozyr, in the house, several Jewish families together with elderly parents and children (21 person) have decided to burn themselves, but to not surrender to the enemy. They burned themselves and thus repeated a feat of defenders of Masad fortress, performed in year 73 during revolt against Romans in the Judea province occupied by them.
During the Holocaust, Jews throughout Europe, through individual and collective acts of resistance, sought to undermine the Nazi goal of the annihilation of the Jewish people. Jews engaged in a range of resistance activities with the aim of preserving Jewish life and dignity despite unimaginable difficulties. Their efforts powerfully refute the popular perception that Jews were passive victims. Through testimony, archival footage, and authentic artifacts, the exhibition will help visitors to understand the dilemmas that Jews faced under impossible circumstances. Whether praying clandestinely, documenting the experiences of Jews in the ghettos, or taking up arms to fight, these responses took many forms, but each and every one was a courageous act of resistance.
This exhibition was made possible through major funding from: Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, the Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz Fund of The New York Community Trust, the Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Generous leadership gifts were made by: Frank and Cesia Blaichman, Patti Askwith Kenner and Family, George and Adele Klein, Ingeborg and Ira Leon Rennert, David and Klara Ringel and Family, and Shalom and Varda Yoran.
Additional support was provided by: The David Berg Foundation, Nancy Fisher, Robert I. Goldman Foundation, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, L'Oreal USA, Righteous Persons Foundation, and Gil and Claire (Israelit) Zweig.
Media sponsorship provided by The Jewish Week.

Источник: jewish.ru