Members of the Polish Resistance discuss their memories of the Warsaw Uprising on August 2, 1944, during World War II when Polish citizens took up arms in order to liberate Warsaw from the Nazis. The resistance expected the Soviet Union’s Red Army to intervene and aid in the fight but … Continue reading
Members of the Polish Resistance discuss their memories of the Warsaw Uprising on August 2, 1944, during World War II when Polish citizens took up arms in order to liberate Warsaw from the Nazis. One underground fighter, Waclaw Micuta, who lead the liberation of the concentration camp in the Warsaw … Continue reading
Holocaust survivors that were present during the mass deportation of the Warsaw Ghetto give their accounts of what it was like as Nazi police officers took Jews away from their families to bring them to Umschlagplatz, a new transfer station. One survivor recalls thinking it would be better to commit … Continue reading
Holocaust survivors, who also were part of the group that fought the Germans during the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, explain their stories. During the uprising, they were able to kill some of the German soldiers and it helped to keep their spirits high. They describe the call to arms that every … Continue reading
Survivors of the Holocaust and the Warsaw Ghetto uprising explain what it was like to be in the bunkers during the uprising. They share stories about the food and water conditions, hearing the Nazis taunt them on radios, and the horrible life-changing decisions they had to make in order to … Continue reading
Two survivors of the Holocaust that also lived in the Warsaw Ghetto describe the horrible conditions in the area. They explain the massive amounts of starvation as their fathers and siblings, swollen with hunger, were helpless and willing to eat molded bread.
Holocaust survivors, who were also present during the deportation of Jews form the Warsaw Ghetto, recall what the ghetto was like before and after the mass deportation in 1942. They describe signs that displayed a new “settlement” that they would be moving the Jews to–falsely describing the new place as … Continue reading
Holocaust survivor Israel Gutman gives his firsthand account of what life was like in the Warsaw Ghetto. Gutman explains that, as bad as things were, they always seemed to just get worse.
