I analyze the behavior of Jews imprisoned in the Treblinka, Sobibór, and Birkenau extermination camps in order to illustrate a systematic process of deception and psychological conditioning, which the Nazis employed during World War II to preclude Jewish resistance to the Final Solution. In Chapter I, I present resistance historiography as it has developed since the end of the war. In Chapter II, I delineate my own argument on Jewish behavior during the Final Solution, limiting my definition of resistance and the applicability of my thesis to behavior in the extermination camp, or closed, environment. In Chapters III, IV, and V, I present a detailed narrative of the Treblinka, Sobibór, and Birkenau revolts using secondary sources and selected survivor testimony. Finally, in Chapter VI, I isolate select parts of the previous narratives and apply my argument to demonstrate its validity as an explanation for Jewish behavior.

Diploma thesis was divided into three main parts: the historical part, true stories of survivors and psychological part. The order of these three parts is not accidental. One follows the other, and each of the following, you might say, is clear. The second part contains the real stories of survivors and two stories of survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp, and two stories from the Theresienstadt ghetto.On the stories of former prisoners trying to illustrate what life was like lágrového prisoner what they had to endure what he had to give up what had become accustomed to, and what a great inner strength had to use that he managed to survive. In every story outlines the change that is in man during detention takes place. The main task of the second part is to offer readers a chance to try to put yourself in the characters and try to bring your inner feelings at least a partial understanding of the urgency of the topic. The third and last part, the part psychological. Its mission is to gather, grab and name phenomena that occur freely in the stories of survivors. Another aim is to highlight the consequences of the concentration camp experience entails. Liberation of prisoners in concentration camps do not stop there. On the other hand, surviving thanks to her horror experiences we take away...

Thesis (M.A.)--Central Connecticut State University, 1999. / Thesis advisor: Stanislaw Blejwas. " ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 131-134).

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Erlangen, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-259) and index.

Thesis (M.A.) -- Central Connecticut State University, 2007. / Thesis advisor: Mieczyslaw B. Biskupski. "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in European History." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 106-120). Also available via the World Wide Web.

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Master's thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-109).

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Hamburg, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-374).

Zugl.: Regensburg, Univ., Diss. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-164).

Thesis (doctoral)--Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, 2002. / Includes registers of names of SS-Baubrigaden inmates, including those who died (p. 338-353); and names of SS tried for crimes (p. 357-363). Includes lists of SS-Baubrigaden and commandants (p. 335-337), and a list of memorials dealing with SS-Baubrigaden (p. 364-367). Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-399) and indexes.