The Warsaw Ghetto By Nicole Sprowell

The Warsaw Ghetto The largest of all the Jewish ghettos was about 94% of Warsaw made for the Jews living in Warsaw and the Jews being sent there during World War II

Ghetto Map

The ghettos ghettos were places where the Jews stayed during the war Hitler and his people forced Jews out of their homes and sent them here or concentration camps

Life in the Ghettos Jews were forced to live in the ghetto under horrible living conditions People were always trying to smuggle in food set off from the rest of the cites by a wall The wall was made taller with broken glass and barbed wire at the top when people would not stop trying to smuggle stuff Hundreds of people were killed each day, some were just left to die in the street

Destruction of the Warsaw ghetto/ the Warsaw Ghetto uprising 1942, Hitler decided to get rid of all the ghettos, and sent all of the people in the ghettos to death camps People from the Warsaw ghetto realized they were being sent to Treblinka, where they were to be murdered, and started an organization where people refused to go to the camps They got together a group of Warsaw ghetto fighters and in January 1943 fired on the Germans to make their escape Germans gave in after a few days and Jews gained hope, thanks to victory

Destruction of the Warsaw ghetto/ The Warsaw ghetto uprising cont. The Jews, and the Germans, prepared for another battle April 19, 1943, the Warsaw ghetto uprising started with the Germans coming to take the Jews away for the final deportation 750 well armed Germans stormed threw the ghetto burning down every building May 16 that year the Germans announced the uprising over and blew up the great synagogue as a sign of victory About 300 Germans and 7,000 Jews were killed, another 7,000 Jews were deported to Treblinka to be killed

Overview of the ghetto overall estimated population decrease was from 450,000 to 37,000 about 413,000 deaths Thousands of people were left homeless, moneyless, and without their families said to be “the greatest crime in the world”

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