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Ghetto revolts and other armed Jewish resistance during the Holocaust are among the formative elements of Israeli Holocaust memory and Israeli national identity. This essay illustrates how Holocaust Ex-fighters have worked to make the story of armed Jewish resistance a part of Israel's national narrative.

set out to commemorate the armed Jewish resistance and the central role they played in making the resistance into an important element of Israeli identity.

The ability to fight and resist its attackers or oppressors was judged by many to be an indication of a society's moral fiber.

Most Holocaust survivors experienced the Holocaust as children and for that reason the Holocaust is today regarded very often as a crime against children.

The statistical analysis of the 59 previous studies, however, seems to support an opposing view, which argued that the "national sense of purpose" in Israel and "togetherness" offer a more supportive environment than elsewhere, she says. "The fact that the troubles of war and pressures that come with it are shared by everyone could help reduce trauma and isolation rather than augment it,"

"Israel has ceremonies, panels, commemorations. Society is more open to discussing the Holocaust and this could relieve survivors' sense of isolation,"