The true beginning of the uprising was the creation of the Warsaw Ghetto in November of 1940 when the Nazis packed over 400,000 Jews in a Ghetto of Warsaw separated from the rest of the city. The Ghetto was separated from the rest of the city by fire and partition walls and by walled-up thoroughfares, windows, doors, and empty lots. The nearly walled off Warsaw Ghetto contained approximately 27,000 apartments which averaged around 2 ½ rooms. Conditions were deplorable and overcrowding was a constant issue. Death from starvation, exposure, and random acts of violence existed as a constant threat to the Jewish inhabitants. Due to “security considerations” the Jews of Warsaw needed to be “completely removed from the city of
The true beginning of the uprising was the creation of the Warsaw Ghetto in November of 1940 when the Nazis packed over 400,000 Jews in a Ghetto of Warsaw separated from the rest of the city. The Ghetto was separated from the rest of the city by fire and partition walls and by walled-up thoroughfares, windows, doors, and empty lots. The nearly walled off Warsaw Ghetto contained approximately 27,000 apartments which averaged around 2 ½ rooms. Conditions were deplorable and overcrowding was a constant issue. Death from starvation, exposure, and random acts of violence existed as a constant threat to the Jewish inhabitants. Due to “security considerations” the Jews of Warsaw needed to be “completely removed from the city of