Often in our reflections on the Holocaust, the imagery we focus on is the dread, and human suffering, gas chambers, mass graves and human skeletons.

While the horror of the Nazi’s deeds can never be forgotten, there is a different side of the Holocaust narrative that is often overlooked: The resilience of the Jewish soul and the Jews’ commitment to sanctify their lives. The following photos testify to the tenacity of the Jews in the ghettos and the camps, who, rather than allow their lives be dictated by their Nazi oppressors, continued to follow the precepts of the Torah despite the constant horror, degradation and fear.