The ruins of buildings destroyed by the SS during the suppression of the Warsaw ghetto uprising.

ID: 1211 ~ Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ~ Date: 1943
This file appears in: Survival in Occupied Poland
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A black and white grainy photo showcasing the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto following the uprising in 1943. Several buildings are in ruins and ablaze.

This file appears in: Survival in Occupied Poland

By Larry Lesser
“You know I first left the ghetto in 1942, and I worked and disguised myself as Aryan, a Pole. It was so much secrecy, I was constantly frightened and never could trust anyone. I met and smuggled with all these Polish boys who were gangs as I…