In his essay titled “The Concept of Resistance: Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust” Professor of Philosophy Roger S. Gottlieb highlights three crucial parts of what might be considered a resistant event. For there to be resistance there must first be something to resist against. Gottlieb states that resistance is “typically the act of an already conquered or defeated people,” meaning in any given scenario or event there is an inherent control that has been employed from one group over another. The second signifier for resistance is the intention of the oppressed to “thwart, limit, or end the exercise of power” that has created the struggle between the two groups. Lastly—and most importantly—”resistors must hold at least two sorts of beliefs. 1. “These beliefs are essential to the oppressed recognizing that a part of themselves can be threatened, dominated or destroyed in the relationship of oppression.” 2. the oppressed must have beliefs “concerning the manner in which the oppressing group is exercising its domination, about how the assault on their identity is being conducted.” Using Gottlieb’s three guiding principles, we can see how the actions of Gad Beck, his family, and his underground connections also possess all three parts of a resistant event. But while some of these acts of resistance would lead to the liberation and freedom of numerous Jews, many acts of resistance—as well as the network of the underground connections themselves—would begin to fall apart in the closing months of the war. And not even the bright and sunny disposition of Gad Beck would be able to outrun the gnashing teeth of the German war machine or the Soviet Union’s encroaching Red Army.