Warsaw Ghetto Although fiction, Jerry Spinelli's Milkweed expertly depicts the horrors that occurred inside and explains the sad truth of the Warsaw ghetto, “Orphans by the thousands roamed the streets in their rags and boils, slumped in doorways, begging for food, clothing, anything. There was nothing to give them. So they starved and froze and died in the snow, their arms frozen outward, still begging. The children who lived were all scraps and eyes. This was the ghetto: where children grew down instead of up,” (Spinelli, 153). Warsaw is a city located in Poland. During and around the 1930’s, Warsaw had the largest population of Jewish citizens. Then, one day, when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, heavy artillery and air
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The Warsaw ghetto was a horrific ghetto that devastated the population of Jews in the city of Warsaw. Although the Warsaw ghetto is no longer running and around today, it was an important occurrence in history. After the uprising and liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto, up to 20,000 residents remained hiding in the ghetto, some still attacking German police. A little while later, on August 1, 1994, a non-Communist underground resistance army named the Polish Home Army wanted to liberate Warsaw. In order to do so, they rose up against German occupation officials and authorities. The Germans eventually sent captured Polish civilians and House Army occupants to concentration camps, as though they were prisoners of the war. During this uprising, 166,000 people lost their lives. Although the ghetto was not liberated during this attempt, it was eventually liberated on January 17, 1945 when Soviet troops resumed their offensive. When this appalling ghetto was finally liberated, it felt as though a weight was lifted off of everyone’s shoulders. The Warsaw ghetto deeply affected many people and caused many tragedies,
The Warsaw ghetto was a horrific ghetto that devastated the population of Jews in the city of Warsaw. Although the Warsaw ghetto is no longer running and around today, it was an important occurrence in history. After the uprising and liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto, up to 20,000 residents remained hiding in the ghetto, some still attacking German police. A little while later, on August 1, 1994, a non-Communist underground resistance army named the Polish Home Army wanted to liberate Warsaw. In order to do so, they rose up against German occupation officials and authorities. The Germans eventually sent captured Polish civilians and House Army occupants to concentration camps, as though they were prisoners of the war. During this uprising, 166,000 people lost their lives. Although the ghetto was not liberated during this attempt, it was eventually liberated on January 17, 1945 when Soviet troops resumed their offensive. When this appalling ghetto was finally liberated, it felt as though a weight was lifted off of everyone’s shoulders. The Warsaw ghetto deeply affected many people and caused many tragedies,