The Warsaw Ghettos were areas in Warsaw, Poland where over 400,000 Jews were forced to live crammed into small, unsanitary spaces with little food or medical care. Disease and starvation killed thousands each month. In 1942, Jews in the ghettos rebelled against deportations to concentration camps in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, but were ultimately defeated by German forces who destroyed much of the ghetto. By early 1943, the remaining Jews were deported or killed, and the ghettos were liquidated. The uprising demonstrated the Jews fighting back against oppression.

1. Warsaw Ghettos

2. The Beginning The ghettos were for the Jews The first ghetto was formed in October 1940 The ghettos were in Warsaw, Poland Warsaw was the capital of Poland About 400,000 Jews were sent to live in the ghettos

3. The Ghettos By November, the ghettos were closed off by a wall with barbed wire on the top About 7.2 people lived in one room After more Jews were sent to live there the rooms got even more crowded The ghetto was divided into two sections, North and South The ghetto took up about 2.4 of the city’s land

4. Conditions Life was tough in the ghettos, and later they got worse People began stealing food to bring into the ghettos The poor had nothing to eat so they began to starve After starving for weeks the poor Jews died The dead bodies would be all over the streets This began to bring disease in the ghettos Families had to strip their dead family members clothes so they could sell them for money and food

5. The daily food ration was about 181 calories Smuggling the food into the ghetto was very risky and many people lost their lives Many of the Jews were demanded to do things Some were demanded to kill their families or lose their own lives

6. Disease Spreads Disease spread because of the dead corpses laying all over the roads It was estimated that 6,000 Jews died every month Disease also spread because of very poor sanitation The German troops didn’t care to help the Jews with the sanitation problem so it just more to die

7. Rebellion After living in the ghettos for years, Jews began to rebel In 1942 the Jews began to rebel, this is none as the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Some of the Jews started the group called Z.O.B (Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa) They wanted the Jews to resist going onto railroad cars The ghetto fighters used guns causing the troops to retreat

8. Shots were fired everywhere at the Jews by the German troops Doctors were put in prison for helping the hurt Jews Many say the uprisings were started because Jews still living in the ghettos found out that the Jews sent to the death camps were killed They found out that they were killed by gas chambers and burning the bodies About seven thousand died fighting or hiding in the ghetto during the uprising The uprising left a huge destruction on the ghetto, buildings torn and burnt down

9. Liquidation By January, the Jews were training to defend the ghetto The Jews caused the German troops to withdrawal on April 19, 1943 The remaining Jews were sent to labor camps Although, many labor camps turned into death camps Many Jews hid so they wouldn’t be taken away The Jews hid in abandoned buildings and they hid in the ruble from burnt down buildings

10. At the time of liquidation about 100,000 residents died of starvation and disease The Jews were getting deported from the ghettos Many ran and hid while others were sent away

11. Importance The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is still important today Everyone remembers that event because it shows that Jews finally stood up for themselves They took control and tried their hardest to fight off German force

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