Preface Timeline of Important Events Chapter 1: Studying Jewish Resistance Chapter 2: Understanding Resistance: Theoretical Underpinnings Chapter 3: Fighting for Honor in the Warsaw Ghetto Chapter 4: Competing Visions in the Vilna Ghetto Chapter 5: Hope and Hunger in the Lódz Ghetto Chapter 6: Resistance: Past, Present, and Future Appendix: Data Sources References Notes Index

"This six-chapter book is well written, provides new theoretical and historical insights, and is likely to engage readers in both the academic and nonacademic worlds." -- Deborah A. Abowitz, Bucknell University, Mobilization "Recommended. General readers through graduate students." -- Choice "Hope and Honor is an original contribution to the research on the Holocaust in Poland and to Holocaust scholarship more broadly. Einwohner's use of a sociological approach to the study of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust yields a thought-provoking inquiry into a topic that continues to arouse interest particularly because of how striking it was for Jews to even consider staging a fight against their German oppressors, and to actually engage in armed resistance. In addition to scholars of the Holocaust and historians of Poland, this book will be of interest to educators who will benefit from the comparative study that includes historical background, references from primary sources, and a compelling analysis." -- Joanna Sliwa, The Polish Review "Hope and Honor provides an impressive and readable illustration of the power of small-N comparisons. Einwohner carefully navigates within and across cases without losing sight of general sociological patterns. She also demonstrates the importance of theory for conducting top-notch research on the Holocaust by revealing how truly unique cases of Holocaust resistance can contribute to literatures that overlook mobilization in hopeless contexts." -- Robert Braun, American Journal of Sociology

Rachel L. Einwohner is Professor of Sociology and (by courtesy) Political Science at Purdue University, where she is also a faculty affiliate in Jewish Studies. Her research focuses on the dynamics of protest and resistance. Her work asks questions related to protest emergence and effectiveness, the role of gender and other identities in protest dynamics, protesters' sense of efficacy, and the creation of solidarity in diverse movements. She has explored these topics with studies of a wide variety of cases, including the U.S. animal rights movement, the 2017 Women's March, and Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. She is also part of an interdisciplinary research team that is using Twitter data to examine diversity and inclusion in contemporary social movements. She has also co-edited two volumes: The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Women's Social Movement Activism and Identity Work in Social Movements.

Selling point: Asks a different question about the Holocaust: not why didn't Jews resist, but why did they resist? Selling point: Expands readers' understanding of the Holocaust by illustrating European Jews' agency rather than passivity Selling point: Draws on archived testimonies from 120 survivors of the Warsaw, Vilna, and Lodz ghettos, including resisters as well as non-resisters Selling point: Compares a ghetto where sustained armed resistance happened with ghettos where it did not happen