The Warsaw Ghetto, established by Nazi Germany during World War II, was the largest of all the Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Europe. Located in the Polish capital of Warsaw, it became a symbol of the Holocaust. From 1940 to 1943, over 400,000 Jews were confined to the ghetto, enduring deplorable living conditions, starvation, disease, and systematic persecution. The ghetto uprising, which began in April 1943, was a heroic but ultimately unsuccessful attempt by the Jewish resistance to fight back against the Nazis. The uprising resulted in the destruction of the ghetto and the deaths of tens of thousands of its inhabitants. Today, the Warsaw Ghetto serves as a poignant reminder of the horrors of the Holocaust and the indomitable spirit of those who fought for their freedom.
