WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING

As part of Hitler’s ‘final solution’, Polish Jews were confined to one walled-up district in Poland’s capital city to await transportation to death camps. However, from 19 April 1943, the Warsaw Ghetto chose to fight back. It was ultimately a one-sided battle but rather than killing the 13,000 inhabitants in three days as planned, they held out for 28. The uprising also inspired similar rebellions in other ghettos and concentration camps. 1943