STORIES FROM THE HORROR| Warsaw Ghetto

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The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest Jewish ghetto established by Nazi Germany during World War II. Located in the heart of Warsaw, Poland, it was created in November 1940 as part of the Nazi plan to isolate, exploit, and eventually exterminate the Jewish population.

Key Facts:

Population: At its peak, over 400,000 Jews were confined in an area of just 1.3 square miles (3.4 km²).

Conditions: Overcrowded, unsanitary conditions led to starvation and disease. Between 1940 and 1942, tens of thousands died from malnutrition and illness.

Deportations: Starting in July 1942, mass deportations to Treblinka extermination camp began. Around 300,000 Jews were sent to their deaths in just two months.

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (April–May 1943): As deportations continued, a resistance movement, the Jewish Combat Organization (ŻOB), led an armed uprising against the Nazis. Though ultimately crushed, the uprising remains a powerful symbol of resistance.

Aftermath:

The Nazis razed the ghetto to the ground following the uprising.

Few survivors remained; most were killed or sent to concentration and extermination camps.

Today, memorials and museums in Warsaw commemorate the ghetto and its fighters, including museum of the History of Polish Jews and the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes.

And that concludes this today's episode, see you in the next one! 

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Patricia López Muñoz

Higher Technician in Sociocultural Dynamisation

Specialist in Immigration

Higher Technician in Social Integration