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Stand Firm: Choice and Consequences

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What could people have done to resist Nazi terror? What if more people had chosen not to cooperate with Nazi genocide? Using primary documents and first-person survivor testimony, this outline focuses on the difficult choices made by Jehovah's Witnesses, a group of people who adhered to their beliefs despite brutal efforts to make them conform to Nazi ways. Readings are drawn from Holocaust and Human Behavior and Facing the Lion: Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe; additional material drawn from DVD and study guide Jehovah's Witnesses Stand Firm Against Nazi Assault.