ABSTRACT
A different deterrent to resistance was the use of lies and secrets by the Germans. Jews who were being deported were told that they were being “resettled.” Isolation of the Jewish population was another barrier to resistance. Jews in ghettos, for example, were largely cut off from the rest of the world. Members of separate underground groups within that ghetto formed the Jewish Fighting Organization and were led by 23-year-old Mordechai Anielewicz. To quell the uprising, the Nazis blew up buildings and burned the ghetto to the ground. Resistance leaders committed suicide; remaining ghetto residents were sent to Treblinka. Teens and young adults bore much of the responsibility for underground resistance. The Germans would kill entire families or entire communities to punish the acts of anyone who engaged in resistance. Similar to this was the penalty that a person faced if caught helping a Jew; giving aid could cost someone their life.
