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Jews captured during the Warsaw ghetto being marched to a collecting point for deportation.

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How the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Inspired Rebellion in a Nazi Death Camp

The Treblinka uprising put a stop to the Holocaust’s second deadliest camp.

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German soldiers walking by fires set in the Warsaw Ghetto, which was burned to the ground after the uprising in 1943. (Credit: Sovfoto/UIG via Getty Images)

This Secret Archive Documented Life in the Warsaw Ghetto

The Ringelblum Archive was saved just one day before the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

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Ghetto in Zychlin after the expulsion of Jews, 1942. (Credit: Laski Diffusion/Getty Images)

Why Poland Wants Germany to Pay Billions for World War II

Germany settled its war debts decades ago. So why do Polish officials want more?

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Stanislawa Leszczyńska.

This Midwife at Auschwitz Delivered 3,000 Babies in Unfathomable Conditions

Stanislawa Leszczyńska was instructed to murder babies, but refused. She is a candidate for sainthood in the Catholic church.

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1943

Warsaw Ghetto uprising ends

World War II
1944

Warsaw Revolt begins

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1944

Warsaw Uprising ends

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1943

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins

World War II
1941

Babi Yar massacre begins

Holocaust
1945

Soviets capture Warsaw

World War II
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