Warsaw Ghetto Timeline of Events

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Warsaw Ghetto

The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of all Jewish Ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. It was established in the Polish capital between October and November 15, 1940, in the territory of General Government of the German-occupied Poland, with over 400,000 Jews from the vicinity crammed into an area of...

Timeline of Events

1940

10.16.1940

Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.

11.16.1940

Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.

1942

7.22.1942

Holocaust: the systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto begins.

1943

1.18.1943

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.

4.19.1943

World War II: In Poland, German troops enter the Warsaw ghetto to round up the remaining Jews, beginning the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.