In 1943, Jewish resistance fighters began a heroic struggle against Nazi occupiers
When German forces entered the Warsaw Ghetto to deport its final inhabitants, they were met by a desperate, armed resistance that became the largest single revolt by Jews during World War II.
On April 19, 1943, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising began as hundreds of young Jewish fighters launched a surprise attack against Nazi troops. Armed with only a few pistols, homemade grenades, and stolen rifles, these men and women chose to die fighting rather than surrender to the death camps.
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