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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: When The Jews Fought Back Against The Nazis

On April 18, 1943, the eve of Passover, the Nazis stormed the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw, Poland. After sending between 250,000 and 300,000 of Warsaw’s Jews to their deaths at the Treblinka extermination camp the previous summer, the Nazis had returned to finally empty the largest ghetto in Europe for...

By John Kuroski Mar 10, 2017

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: When The Jews Fought Back Against The Nazis

On April 18, 1943, the eve of Passover, the Nazis stormed the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw, Poland. After sending between 250,000 and 300,000 of Warsaw’s Jews to their deaths at the Treblinka extermination camp the previous summer, the Nazis had returned to finally empty the largest ghetto in Europe for...

By John Kuroski March 10, 2017

The Faces Of Auschwitz’ Guards: New Database Puts Human Face On Camp Killers

“It never went out. Day and night…nobody could leave. And you couldn’t complain, it wouldn’t have changed anything.” Those are the words of former Nazi SS Guard Jakob W., describing the fires at Auschwitz to Der Spiegel. After Germany successfully invaded Poland in 1939, construction began on the brutal death...

By All That's Interesting Feb 28, 2017

The Faces Of Auschwitz’ Guards: New Database Puts Human Face On Camp Killers

“It never went out. Day and night…nobody could leave. And you couldn’t complain, it wouldn’t have changed anything.” Those are the words of former Nazi SS Guard Jakob W., describing the fires at Auschwitz to Der Spiegel. After Germany successfully invaded Poland in 1939, construction began on the brutal death...

By All That's Interesting February 28, 2017
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