The Warsaw Ghetto
Large beads of sweat run down his face, his ears are ringing as a deep rumbling sound surrounds the group. His every breath scratches his throat as the sound gets louder. A group of Nazis stand before them, guns held in ready hands, he is sure that they warn them of this being their last chance to turn back, but he doesn't process their empty words. In fact, he has found that he preferred the sound of guns ablaze rather than their evil-coated voices.At this moment he is faced with a burning question: Would he rather die at the hands of a Nazi or would he die for a chance at freedom? The answer seemed obvious as he pressed on with a faster pace than before, bomb in hand. Warsaw was one of many Jewish ghettos in Germany during world war two that put Jews under poor living conditions. Its unique story of resistance and power has intrigued others and been an inspiration to many books and movies for the past four decades. The Warsaw Ghetto consists of so many stories of starvation and perseverance, that it is considered one of the most famous ghettos of the holocaust.
To begin with, before Warsaw became a camp, it was as normal as any other city. It was the capital of
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The most common disease was typhus which is a disease that is contracted from tainted food and water. To elaborate, the poor living conditions and the carelessness of the Nazis made it easy for the Jews to contract such diseases. Thousands of people fell victim to death by these causes every month. Another leading cause of death was forced labor (History.com staff). These causes of death were not uncommon in other ghettos and camps, but what these casualties led up to is what makes the Warsaw ghetto so special. From 1940 to 1942, 83,000 Jews died of disease and hunger. Out of desperation, they would smuggle in different types of medicines and remedies to save loved ones (United States Holocaust Memorial