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Between 1941 and 1943, underground resistance movements formed in about 100 Jewish groups.
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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
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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
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Warsaw ghetto fighters fired upon German troops as they tried to round up another group of ghetto inhabitants for deportation.
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The Germans renew deportations from the Warsaw ghetto. This time however, they encounter resistance from the ZOB.
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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.
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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.
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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.
