History Discussion: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - April 19 - May 16, 1943

We’ll look at the establishment of the Warsaw Ghetto and this major revolt by Jews who chose to fight the Nazi occupation forces against overwhelming odds in the face of deportations to concentration camps and certain death, an episode that challenges the narrative of Jewish passivity during the Holocaust. We'll also discuss press coverage of events.
(A separate discussion will be scheduled in July on the 1944 Warsaw Uprising by the Polish Home Army.)

Please read the following brief articles and news reports:
An Exercise in Depravity: Establishment of the Warsaw Ghetto

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

News Reports
WARSAW'S GHETTO FIGHTS DEPORTATION: Tanks Reported Used in Battle to Oust 35,000 Jews (NY Times article April 23, 1943)

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in the American Jewish Press

Optional but fascinating:
The Ghetto Speaks was a monthly newsletter published by the American Representation of the General Jewish Workers' Union of Poland (the Bund - Jewish Socialist Party in Poland). Links to each issue from May 1943- Oct 1944:
The Ghetto Speaks