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Warsaw Ghetto
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Not only did the Warsaw Ghetto have the largest population, but it was also the location of the largest uprising during the war. Find out how the ghetto was run plus how the Jews fought back.

Mordecai Anielewicz
Though this is not a biography of Anielewicz, the commander of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, it does cover his actions from the beginning of the war until his death.

Biographical Sketches
This site offers 16 short biographical sketches of people who were involved in the Warsaw Ghetto, including children such as Alinka but also influential leaders such as Anielewicz, Czerniakow, Edelman, Korczak, and others.

Chronology
A timeline of the events in the Warsaw Ghetto from the establishment of a Jewish Council to the execution of Emmanuel Ringelblum in March 1944.

Collection of Photos From the Warsaw Ghetto
Eight historic photographs of the Warsaw Ghetto, including children crying for food and Jews being forced to the Umschlagplatz.

Images: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Twelve thumbnail images of the uprising including a photo of Mordechai Anielewicz and Nazis with machine guns and gas trying to get the Jews to come out of hiding.

Photographs of the Warsaw Ghetto
102 photographs of the Warsaw Ghetto, including street-children, Korczak, Czerniakow, Umschlagplatz, mass graves, soup kitchens, and lots more.

Photographs of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
15 photographs from the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, including SS troops searching for weapons, Zuckerman, resistance fighters surrendering, resistance fighter entering hideout, the ghetto after WWII, and more.

Stroop Report
Stroop's 75 page report entitled "The Warsaw Ghetto Is No More" begins on April 20, 1943 and details the day to day events of the elimination of the Warsaw Ghetto. This site has the scanned images of the report - readable, but all in German.

Warsaw - The City
This site gives an overview of the city of Warsaw during the war, with subsections about the fall of Warsaw, Nazi terror, repression, rebellion, and losses.

Warsaw Ghetto Map
Though a little blurry, this map shows the outline (limits) of the ghetto. The red dots show the location of the ZOB's final headquarters and the Umschlagplatz.

Warsaw Ghetto Map
This map is much more clear than the one above and includes a few street names, but, it does not include annotations to the numbers on the map.

Warsaw Ghetto - Overview
A brief overview of the Warsaw Ghetto from the History Place.

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Short overview of the Uprising, including information about the establishment of the Fighting Organization, January Aktion, preparations, problem of arms, and outbreak of the Uprising.

Why, Oh God, Why? - A Survivor's Story
A child of a mixed marriage, Halina was only 13 when the war began. Based on old diary entries, she shares her feelings and her experiences about growing up in Warsaw and then her life in the Warsaw Ghetto and in the Stuthof Concentration Camp.

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