Read on for an excerpt of Resistance, by Israel Gutman, which describes the months leading up to the April 1943 uprising.

The wall surrounding the Warsaw Ghetto.
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Roughly three months after the January resistance, Warsaw Ghetto Jews revolted against German authorities, who then destroyed the ghetto entirely.
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Jews were no longer passive; they could fight back.

An iconic photo: A boy is among the many Jews seized during the Uprising in April 1943.
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