Warsaw Ghetto

1942 (Summer)

Jun 17, 1942

300, 000 Jews were moved from Warsaw to Treblinka.

1942 (June)

Jun 18, 1942

Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB, Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa) is established

1942 (July)

Jul 22, 1942

Germans begin massive deportations

1942 (September)

Sep 12, 1942

Deportations stop. During this time more than 250,000 Jews from the ghetto are deported or killed.

1943 (January)

Jan 9, 1943

Warsaw ghetto fighters fired upon German troops as they tried to round up another group of ghetto inhabitants for deportation.

1943 (January)

Jan 18, 1943

The Germans renew deportations from the Warsaw ghetto. This time however, they encounter resistance from the ZOB (Jewish Fighting Organisation.

1943 (January)

Jan 21, 1943

In act of retaliation they massacre 1,000 Jews in the main square, but suspend further deportations. The Germans were able to deport or kill 5,000-6,500 Jews.

1943 (April)

Apr 19, 1943

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.

1943 (April)

Apr 19, 1943

Germans under the command of SS General Juergen Stroop, began the final destruction of the ghetto and the deportation of the remaining Jews.

1943 (May)

May 16, 1943

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.