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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/wgupris.htm)
Many Jews in ghettos across eastern Europe tried to organize resistance against the Germans and to arm themselves with smuggled and homemade weapons. Between 1941 and 1943, underground resistance movements formed in about 100 Jewish groups. The most famous attempt by Jews to resist the Germans in armed fighting occurred in the Warsaw ghetto.
In the summer of 1942, about 300,000 Jews were deported from Warsaw to Treblinka. When reports of mass murder in the killing center leaked back to the Warsaw ghetto, a surviving group of mostly young people formed an organization called the Z.O.B. (for the Polish name, Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa, which means Jewish Fighting Organization). The Z.O.B., led by 23-year-old Mordecai Anielewicz, issued a proclamation calling for the Jewish people to resist going to the railroad cars. In January 1943, Warsaw ghetto fighters fired upon German troops as they tried to round up another group of ghetto inhabitants for deportation. Fighters used a small supply of weapons that had been smuggled into the ghetto. After a few days, the troops retreated. This small victory inspired the ghetto fighters to prepare for future resistance.
On April 19, 1943, the Warsaw ghetto uprising began after German troops and police entered the ghetto to deport its surviving inhabitants. Seven hundred and fifty fighters fought the heavily armed and well-trained Germans. The ghetto fighters were able to hold out for nearly a month, but on May 16, 1943, the revolt ended. The Germans had slowly crushed the resistance. Of the more than 56,000 Jews captured, about 7,000 were shot, and the remainder were deported to killing centers or concentration camps.
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The city of Warsaw is the capital of Poland. Before World War II, Warsaw was the center of Jewish life and culture in Poland. Warsaw's prewar Jewish population of more than 350,000 constituted about 30 percent of the city's total population. The Warsaw Jewish community was the largest in both Poland and Europe, and was the second largest in the world, behind that of New York City. The Germans occupied Warsaw on September 29, 1939. In October 1940, the Germans ordered the establishment of a ghetto in Warsaw. All Jewish residents were ordered into the designated area, which was sealed off from the rest of the city in November 1940. The ghetto was enclosed by a wall that was over 10 feet high, topped with barbed wire, and closely guarded to prevent movement between the ghetto and the rest of Warsaw.
Strength:
Nazi: Official daily average of 2,090, including 821 Waffen-SS soldiers 750-
ŻOB: 1,800 insurgents on April 19, 1943
More than 56,000 civilians
Casualties
Nazi: Officially 16 KIA, 86 wounded according to Stroop's Report; other estimates up to over 300 total dead since January 18, including a number of Jewish collaborators.
Jewish: About 13,000 killed on spot, most of the rest deported to death camps; total of 56,065 accounted for {killed and captured} according to Stroop's Report (71,000 deaths in his unofficial c
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Jews from the Warsaw ghetto being marched through the city for deportation. Warsaw, Poland, 1942-1943.
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Deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto. Warsaw, Poland, 1943.
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Juergen Stroop (third from left), SS commander who crushed the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Warsaw, Poland, between April 19 and May 16, 1943.
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German soldiers capture Jews hiding in a bunker during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Warsaw, Poland, April-May 1943.
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SS men during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
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German sentries at the gate to the Warsaw Ghetto during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
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A man jumping out of a window of a burning house during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The German soldiers nick-named such people Parachutists
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Stroop Report photograph of captured civilians prior to deportation to death camps. The boy with his arms raised has been identified as possibly being Tsvi C. Nussbaum, Holocaust survivor
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The Ghetto Heroes' Memorial in Warsaw
WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING (http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/uprising/) in http://www.ushmm.org/tops/homeo.gif
Many Jews in ghettos across eastern Europe tried to organize resistance against the Germans and to arm themselves with smuggled and homemade weapons. Between 1941 and 1943, underground resistance movements formed in about 100 Jewish groups. The most famous attempt by Jews to resist the Germans in armed fighting occurred in the Warsaw ghetto.
In the summer of 1942, about 300,000 Jews were deported from Warsaw to Treblinka. When reports of mass murder in the killing center leaked back to the Warsaw ghetto, a surviving group of mostly young people formed an organization called the Z.O.B. (for the Polish name, Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa, which means Jewish Fighting Organization). The Z.O.B., led by 23-year-old Mordecai Anielewicz, issued a proclamation calling for the Jewish people to resist going to the railroad cars. In January 1943, Warsaw ghetto fighters fired upon German troops as they tried to round up another group of ghetto inhabitants for deportation. Fighters used a small supply of weapons that had been smuggled into the ghetto. After a few days, the troops retreated. This small victory inspired the ghetto fighters to prepare for future resistance.
On April 19, 1943, the Warsaw ghetto uprising began after German troops and police entered the ghetto to deport its surviving inhabitants. Seven hundred and fifty fighters fought the heavily armed and well-trained Germans. The ghetto fighters were able to hold out for nearly a month, but on May 16, 1943, the revolt ended. The Germans had slowly crushed the resistance. Of the more than 56,000 Jews captured, about 7,000 were shot, and the remainder were deported to killing centers or concentration camps.
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/images/waz54063.gif
The city of Warsaw is the capital of Poland. Before World War II, Warsaw was the center of Jewish life and culture in Poland. Warsaw's prewar Jewish population of more than 350,000 constituted about 30 percent of the city's total population. The Warsaw Jewish community was the largest in both Poland and Europe, and was the second largest in the world, behind that of New York City. The Germans occupied Warsaw on September 29, 1939. In October 1940, the Germans ordered the establishment of a ghetto in Warsaw. All Jewish residents were ordered into the designated area, which was sealed off from the rest of the city in November 1940. The ghetto was enclosed by a wall that was over 10 feet high, topped with barbed wire, and closely guarded to prevent movement between the ghetto and the rest of Warsaw.
Strength:
Nazi: Official daily average of 2,090, including 821 Waffen-SS soldiers 750-
ŻOB: 1,800 insurgents on April 19, 1943
More than 56,000 civilians
Casualties
Nazi: Officially 16 KIA, 86 wounded according to Stroop's Report; other estimates up to over 300 total dead since January 18, including a number of Jewish collaborators.
Jewish: About 13,000 killed on spot, most of the rest deported to death camps; total of 56,065 accounted for {killed and captured} according to Stroop's Report (71,000 deaths in his unofficial c
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/images/50329a.jpg
Jews from the Warsaw ghetto being marched through the city for deportation. Warsaw, Poland, 1942-1943.
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/images/37288.jpg
Deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto. Warsaw, Poland, 1943.
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/images/34138.jpg
Juergen Stroop (third from left), SS commander who crushed the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Warsaw, Poland, between April 19 and May 16, 1943.
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/images/34060.jpg
German soldiers capture Jews hiding in a bunker during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Warsaw, Poland, April-May 1943.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0c/Ghetto_Uprising_Warsaw2.jpg
SS men during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/Warsaw_ghetto_uprising_German_sentries.jpg
German sentries at the gate to the Warsaw Ghetto during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/90/Window_jump_ghetto_Warsaw.jpg
A man jumping out of a window of a burning house during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The German soldiers nick-named such people Parachutists
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Warsaw_Ghetto_Josef_Bloesche-edit1.jpg
Stroop Report photograph of captured civilians prior to deportation to death camps. The boy with his arms raised has been identified as possibly being Tsvi C. Nussbaum, Holocaust survivor
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Monument_of_ghetto_uprising.JPG/450px-Monument_of_ghetto_uprising.JPG
The Ghetto Heroes' Memorial in Warsaw
WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING (http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/uprising/) in http://www.ushmm.org/tops/homeo.gif