What Is The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising?
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Warsaw was the largest Jewish community in Europe before World War I. After the start of World War I, the Nazis invaded Warsaw and turned it into a ghetto. Jews were kept in Warsaw until they could be transported to the Treblinka death camp.The Germans packed Jews into the ghetto from surrounding areas. The ghetto housed from 400,000 to 500,000 Jews at its peak. The Warsaw ghetto was so crowded that people were housed about nine people per room, still leaving people homeless. Disease spread quickly in these close quarters and food was scarce. Warsaw was first surrounded by a barbed wire fence and later walled in with brick. The Nazis forced the Jews to build a wall ten feet tall and eleven miles long around their ghetto. On July 22, 1942, the Nazis began deporting over 5,000 Jews to Treblinka per day. From July to September, over 265,000 Jews had been transferred out of Warsaw. Most of the 55,000 Jews left were young and determined. They felt that they had nothing to lose …show more content…
You must be prepared to resist. Not a single Jew should go to the railroad cars. Those who are unable to put up active resistance should resist passively and should go into hiding… Our slogan must be ‘All are ready to die as human beings.’" Heinrich Himmler went to the ghetto and ordered the deportation of 8,000 additional Jews. The Jews resisted and didn’t go to the deportation areas. They launched an attack on the Germans by using guerilla warfare. The Jewish fighters would attack quickly and escape using rooftops. The Nazis were cautious and wouldn’t go into cellars to the Jews set up bunkers in cellars and sewers. The Germans retreated after a few days of fighting and the Jewish fighters were encouraged. After this attack on the ghetto, ZOB fortified their bunkers and gathered more weapons to prepare for the next
Warsaw was the largest Jewish community in Europe before World War I. After the start of World War I, the Nazis invaded Warsaw and turned it into a ghetto. Jews were kept in Warsaw until they could be transported to the Treblinka death camp.The Germans packed Jews into the ghetto from surrounding areas. The ghetto housed from 400,000 to 500,000 Jews at its peak. The Warsaw ghetto was so crowded that people were housed about nine people per room, still leaving people homeless. Disease spread quickly in these close quarters and food was scarce. Warsaw was first surrounded by a barbed wire fence and later walled in with brick. The Nazis forced the Jews to build a wall ten feet tall and eleven miles long around their ghetto. On July 22, 1942, the Nazis began deporting over 5,000 Jews to Treblinka per day. From July to September, over 265,000 Jews had been transferred out of Warsaw. Most of the 55,000 Jews left were young and determined. They felt that they had nothing to lose …show more content…
You must be prepared to resist. Not a single Jew should go to the railroad cars. Those who are unable to put up active resistance should resist passively and should go into hiding… Our slogan must be ‘All are ready to die as human beings.’" Heinrich Himmler went to the ghetto and ordered the deportation of 8,000 additional Jews. The Jews resisted and didn’t go to the deportation areas. They launched an attack on the Germans by using guerilla warfare. The Jewish fighters would attack quickly and escape using rooftops. The Nazis were cautious and wouldn’t go into cellars to the Jews set up bunkers in cellars and sewers. The Germans retreated after a few days of fighting and the Jewish fighters were encouraged. After this attack on the ghetto, ZOB fortified their bunkers and gathered more weapons to prepare for the next