Life in the Warsaw Ghetto

The holocaust was a tragic even in history when Jewish residents of Germany and other lands were deported into concentration camps or ghettos. One of the well known ghettos is the Warsaw Ghetto that lasted from October 1940 until June 1943 (Resnick 46). Warsaw was one of the largest ghettos with a maximum amount of prisoners there at one time of 450,000 people (Resnick 48). Many Jews were forced to live in hallways, under bridges, in pile of trash, or …showed first 75 words of 417 total…

…showed last 75 words of 417 total…armed and well trained German troops defeated the prisoners. Of those Jews that fought, 7,000 were shot and the rest were sent to killing centers or concentration camps. Warsaw was liberated in 1945 by Soviet and Polish troops (Establishment of a Fighting Organization n.p.). There were horrific events during the Holocaust. The Warsaw Ghetto was a place of pain, suffering, and sadness, but it didn’t even measure up to what was going on around it.