There were many resistance groups involved in the Holocaust. The Holocaust took place during World War Ⅱ. As many as 6 million Jews and 1.5 million babies were killed from 1933 to 1945. Adolf Hitler lead this movement and had Nazi soldiers carry out his plans. The most popular concentration camp to this day is Auschwitz- Birkenau. During this time many camps and ghettos had uprisings with Jewish prisoners. One ghetto that experienced resistance was Warsaw.
In September of 1939, the Nazi soldiers attacked Poland. In the capital, Warsaw, over 400,000 were cramped into a square mile ghetto. By November of 1940 the Warsaw Ghetto was closed off by guards, barbed wire, and brick walls. The German soldiers now controlled all of the food entering the walls. Thousands of Jews were killed each month by disease or starvation ("Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - World War II - HISTORY.Com").
In July of 1942, a man by the name of Heinrich Himmler, demanded to relocate Jews to extermination camps. The Jews, however, we led to believe they were …show more content…
There were 750 Jews armed with a range of different hand weapons and they were outmatched to the well trained Nazis. On day one of the ghetto uprising, the Jews forced the Germans to retreat outside of the ghetto, reporting 12 Nazi casualties. On day three of the ghetto uprising, the Jews were forced out of hiding and forced into a rumble killing many important rebels in the uprising. The uprising went back and forth for almost a month until the Germans were ordered to destroy the Great Synagogue on May 8th which symbolized a German victory. The ghetto was put to ruins while capturing 56,065 Jews and killing almost 7,000. Another 7,000 were killed in gas chambers and the others were sent to labor camps who were later murdered, leaving hardly any survivors ("Warsaw Ghetto
In September of 1939, the Nazi soldiers attacked Poland. In the capital, Warsaw, over 400,000 were cramped into a square mile ghetto. By November of 1940 the Warsaw Ghetto was closed off by guards, barbed wire, and brick walls. The German soldiers now controlled all of the food entering the walls. Thousands of Jews were killed each month by disease or starvation ("Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - World War II - HISTORY.Com").
In July of 1942, a man by the name of Heinrich Himmler, demanded to relocate Jews to extermination camps. The Jews, however, we led to believe they were …show more content…
There were 750 Jews armed with a range of different hand weapons and they were outmatched to the well trained Nazis. On day one of the ghetto uprising, the Jews forced the Germans to retreat outside of the ghetto, reporting 12 Nazi casualties. On day three of the ghetto uprising, the Jews were forced out of hiding and forced into a rumble killing many important rebels in the uprising. The uprising went back and forth for almost a month until the Germans were ordered to destroy the Great Synagogue on May 8th which symbolized a German victory. The ghetto was put to ruins while capturing 56,065 Jews and killing almost 7,000. Another 7,000 were killed in gas chambers and the others were sent to labor camps who were later murdered, leaving hardly any survivors ("Warsaw Ghetto