Mordechai Anielewicz Quotes

• The dream of my life has risen to become fact. Self-defense in the ghetto will have been a reality. Jewish armed resistance and revenge are facts. I have been a witness to the magnificent, heroic fighting of Jewish men in battle.

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  Mordechai Anielewicz

  Dream   Revenge   Ghetto  

  "The Jew in the Modern World: A Documentary History". Book edited by Paul R. Mendes-Flohr, Jehuda Reinharz, p. 675, letter to Yitzhak Cukierman (April 23, 1943), 1995.

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• It is impossible to put into words what we have been through. What happened exceeded our boldest dreams. The Germans fled twice from the ghetto... My life's dream has come true. Defense in the ghetto has become a fact. Armed Jewish resistance and revenge are actually happening. I have witnessed the glorious and heroic combat of the Jewish fighters.

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  Mordechai Anielewicz

  Dream   Revenge   War  

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• The most difficult struggle of all is the one within ourselves. Let us not get accustomed and adjusted to these conditions. The one who adjusts ceases to discriminate between good and evil. He becomes a slave in body and soul. Whatever may happen to you, remember always: Don't adjust! Revolt against the reality!

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  Mordechai Anielewicz

  Inspirational   War   Struggle  

  Letter to Yitzhak Cukierman, April 23, 1943.

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• Whatever may happen to you, remember always: Don’t adjust! Revolt against the reality!

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  Mordechai Anielewicz

  Reality   May   Remember  

  The last letter to Yitzhak Cukierman, April 23, 1943.

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