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The Warsaw Ghetto uprising of 1943 was the largest and important Jewish revolt against the Nazis in World War Two. In the year leading up to the uprising, deportation for the Jews inside the ghetto seemed inevitable. In the Warsaw Ghetto, between July 22nd and September 12th 1942, the Nazis deported and killed 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto (Holocaust Museum). The Nazis then continued to deport 265,000 Jews to death camps and 11,580 to work camps (Holocaust Museum). Of the remaining estimated 55,000 Jews left in the Ghetto the fear of deportation was high. As a result, the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto decided to fight and resist against the Nazis. The Warsaw Ghetto uprising was significant because it showed the Jews were willing to stand up to the Nazis and inspired hope in other Jews both within the Ghetto and elsewhere.

The Warsaw Ghetto uprising was a substantially symbolic event that restored a sense of meaning to Jews revolting within the Ghetto. As fear of deportation increased, some Jews decided that they needed to form a resistance group. The two main resistance groups-- the Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa (ZOB) and the Zydowski Zwiazek Wojskowy (ZZW)-- despite initially having hostility toward each other, decided to come together and fight against the Nazis as one. Although the Jews were outnumbered and outgunned, they still decided to fight the Nazis, because they believed strongly in what they were fighting for. Thus, facing inevitable death, the Jews fought on. One of the Resistance leaders, Izhak Katzelson said, “We will fight not for ourselves but for future generations … our deeds will live for ever” (Holocaust Museum). These men were not fighting for survival, but to inspire hope and pride in future generations o...

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...lled 16 and wounded 85 Nazis (Britannica). As the Nazis moved through the Ghetto, they burned and razed the buildings, killing and capturing Jews. Despite this, the rebeling Jews would not stop fighting, causing the Nazis to keep working to take back the Ghetto. The resistance of the Jews was not expected and suprised the Naizs, shwoing that the Jews were not as weak as they initially had though.
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the most significant Jewish uprising in World War Two because of the many different effects it had. The Jews rebeling had the determination and courage to stand up to a superior force with overwhelming odds against them. They fought to the end not for themselves but for others. They were a symbol for Jews throughout Europe and an inspiration for many. The uprising showed the Nais that the Jews were not weak and would stand up for themselves.

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