The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Striking a Blow Against the NazisThe Warsaw ghetto uprising was a battle the Jews could not hope to win against the more powerful Nazis, but they decided not to go quietly to certain death. When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, beginning World War II, the Nazis quickly destroyed Jewish life. After stripping Jews of all their rights, the Nazis forced them into a ghetto surrounded by brick walls. After more than three years of starvation, disease, and death, the Jewish people decided to resist. When the Nazis came to annihilate the ghetto, the Jewish fighters were ready to strike back. Author Linda Jacobs Altman chronicles this brave and heroic story from the Holocaust. |
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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Striking a Blow Against the Nazis Linda Jacobs Altman Limited preview - 2012 |
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Striking a Blow Against the Nazis Linda Jacobs Altman Limited preview - 2012 |
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