Warsaw Ghetto

The Warsaw Ghetto was a confined area in Warsaw, Poland, where Jewish residents were forced to live during World War II, established by Nazi Germany in 1940. It was one of the largest Jewish ghettos in Europe and became a symbol of the suffering faced by Jews during the Holocaust. Conditions in the ghetto were horrific, with severe overcrowding, starvation, and disease. In 1943, when Nazis began deporting inhabitants to extermination camps, Jewish fighters mounted the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a courageous but ultimately doomed resistance. The ghetto was destroyed, and most of its inhabitants perished.