Warsaw Holocaust: The Warsaw Uprising

Most of us know that horrible things happened in ghettos during the holocaust, but what really happened there? The Warsaw Ghetto was a ghetto in the holocaust that was a place of death for many thousands of Jews. Understanding how the Warsaw Ghetto was formed, how many people died there and the Warsaw Uprising may help you further understand how terrible this ghetto really was. Warsaw wasn't always home to a massive ghetto. Warsaw is the capital of Poland. Before the Nazis invaded Warsaw and started the construction of the ghetto, Warsaw flourished with Jewish life. In fact, The Jews took up about 30% of the Warsaw population, it was the second largest city for Jewish culture. The germans invaded Warsaw, Poland on September 29, 1939. They captured many of the Jews in the city of Warsaw. (¨Warsaw¨).
When it comes to the formation and protection of the Warsaw Ghetto, the Nazis did not mess around. Many people wonder why the Jews couldn't
Many Jews tried to make the ghetto as much like normal life as possible by setting up schooling areas, but the Germans wouldn’t allow this. The ghetto was crowded to the maximum. There was very little space, this made the life in the ghetto even more miserable. There were hundreds of thousands of Jews in an area of 1.3 square miles. There was no running water or electricity in the ghetto. One of the hardest parts of living in the ghetto was the elimination of food. (“Life in the Ghettos”) The Germans only allows the Jews to have a tiny bit of soup and a small piece of bread every once in awhile. Most Jews were depending on roughly 188 calories a day. That is a very small amount compared to the recommended amount of calories, which is around 2,250 calories a day. Not only did the Jews struggle to survive from starvation, but they were also faced with many other threats. (“
One threat the Jews faced was disease. Many diseases spread very quickly throughout the ghetto because of how crowded it