Warsaw Jewish Ghetto

The Warsaw Jewish Ghetto was a designated area within Warsaw during World War II, where Nazi Germany confined Jewish residents from 1940 to 1943. It was overcrowded, with harsh living conditions, hunger, and disease. The ghetto aimed to isolate Jews from the rest of society and facilitate their persecution. Despite these hardships, underground resistance groups organized, notably the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943, as an act of defiance against Nazi oppression. The ghetto's existence highlights both the brutality of the Holocaust and the resilience of the Jewish community under extreme circumstances.