When Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany on 1 September on 1939, the Polish population had no idea of the horrific plans the Nazi’s had for them. Upon invasion, the Polish army fought hard to defend the homeland, however they received little support from their Allies. Being greatly outnumbered by Nazi forces and were defeated on 6 October 1939. Within a month of German occupation Poland began to become heavily segregated. Many Poles were exiled from their homes so that German soldiers had a place to stay. In as early as October Jewish citizens were forced to perform hard labour to repair the damage done during the invasion. Non-Jewish Poles were also eventually subject to forced labour as well. However, the Nazi began identifying the worker
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While the weapons were being acquired underground resistance, groups were being formed. Much of the weapons smuggling was done by anti Nazi Poles on the other side of the wall. The resistance began on 18 January, 1943, when the Nazi’s attempted to transfer another group to a camp, and the Jews ambushed them. Fighting lasted for a week as the Nazi forces were pushed back, delaying the transfer to camps for a several months. On 19 April 1943, the Nazi’s returned in greater number with the task to liquidate the ghetto of Warsaw. This was met with another resistance from the Poles. The plan of the Nazi’s was the systematically decimate the entire ghetto. They did this by going block to block burring all the buildings and destroying any bunkers they would find resistance fighters hold up in. It has been described that the sky’s over Warsaw were completely red during the uprising. Despite being outnumbered in terms of manpower weaponry and training, the resistance fighters could combat the Nazi’s for nearly a month. The uprising came to a symbolic end when the Nazi’s blew up The Great Warsaw Synagogue. As a result of the fighting 7,000-13,000 resistance fighters were killed. Over 50,000 Jewish people were captured following the uprising and were transferred to death camps, where they were exterminated via gas chamber. However, the Germans did not go unscaved during the fighting with over one hundred German soldiers also wounded or killed during the
While the weapons were being acquired underground resistance, groups were being formed. Much of the weapons smuggling was done by anti Nazi Poles on the other side of the wall. The resistance began on 18 January, 1943, when the Nazi’s attempted to transfer another group to a camp, and the Jews ambushed them. Fighting lasted for a week as the Nazi forces were pushed back, delaying the transfer to camps for a several months. On 19 April 1943, the Nazi’s returned in greater number with the task to liquidate the ghetto of Warsaw. This was met with another resistance from the Poles. The plan of the Nazi’s was the systematically decimate the entire ghetto. They did this by going block to block burring all the buildings and destroying any bunkers they would find resistance fighters hold up in. It has been described that the sky’s over Warsaw were completely red during the uprising. Despite being outnumbered in terms of manpower weaponry and training, the resistance fighters could combat the Nazi’s for nearly a month. The uprising came to a symbolic end when the Nazi’s blew up The Great Warsaw Synagogue. As a result of the fighting 7,000-13,000 resistance fighters were killed. Over 50,000 Jewish people were captured following the uprising and were transferred to death camps, where they were exterminated via gas chamber. However, the Germans did not go unscaved during the fighting with over one hundred German soldiers also wounded or killed during the