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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

1943

Following mass deportations to the Treblinka extermination camp, the remaining Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto staged an armed revolt in an attempt to avert mass deportation to extermination camps. Several resistance fighters, many of whom belonged to Bnei Akiva and Hashomer Hatzair, managed to fight against the Germans. However the Ghetto was eventually liquidated and an estimated 7000 Jews perished during the uprising. The Warsaw Ghetto uprising was the greatest and most significant Jewish uprising during the Holocaust and inspired uprisings in other Ghettos of that time.

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By Unknown author (Franz Konrad confessed to taking some of the photographs, the rest was probably taken by photographers from Propaganda Kompanie nr 689.[1][2]) - Image:Warsaw-Ghetto-Josef-Bloesche-HRedit.jpg uploaded by United States Holocaust MuseumThis is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Restored version of Image:Stroop Report - Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 06.jpg with artifacts and scratches removed, levels adjusted, and image sharpened.., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17223940

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