Resistances

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of resistance form-of, plural

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electric resistanceimmunityoppositionundergroundstandacquired immunity

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"In addition to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the activities of the Jewish Partisans, and the heavy involvement of Jews in the Polish and French resistances, many Jews also fought for regular Allied forces. My own great-uncle was a U.S. paratrooper born in Hungary who died storming the beaches of Normandy."

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