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Underground Resistance Movements
Between 1941 and 1943, underground resistance movements formed in about 100 Jewish groups. -
Z.O.B Formed
300,000 Jews were deported from Warsaw to Treblinka. When reports of mass murder in the killing center leaked back to the Warsaw ghetto, a surviving group of mostly young people formed an organisation called the Z.O.B -
Mass deportation
The Germans begin massive deportations which last virtually without stop until September 12, 1942. During this time more than 250,000 Jews from the ghetto are deported or killed -
Warsaw ghetto fighters
Warsaw ghetto fighters fired upon German troops as they tried to round up another group of ghetto inhabitants for deportation. -
Germans encounter resistance
The Germans renew deportations from the Warsaw ghetto. This time however, they encounter resistance from the ZOB. -
Warsaw ghetto uprising
The Warsaw ghetto uprising began after German troops and police entered the ghetto to deport its surviving inhabitants. Seven hundred and fifty fighters fought the heavily armed and well-trained Germans. -
Revolution ended
The revolt ended. The Germans had slowly crushed the resistance. Of the more than 56,000 Jews captured, about 7,000 were shot, and the remainder were deported to camps. -
Ghetto destroyed
After a month of fighting, the Germans blow up the Great Synagogue in Warsaw, signaling the end of the uprising and the destruction of the ghetto.
