Gallery - Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

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Jews captured by the SS during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising are lined up against a wall prior to being searched for weapons. The original German caption reads: "Before the search."

A German gun crew shells a housing block during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "Fighting a pocket of resistance."

A Jewish man leaps to his death from the top story window of an apartment
block during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Surrounded by heavily armed SS and SD guards, SS Major General Jürgen Stroop (center), watches housing blocks burn during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "The leader of the grand operation."

Jews captured by the SS during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising are marched to the Umschlagplatz for deportation. The original German caption reads: "How the former Jewish residential quarter looks after its destruction."

The ruins of buildings destroyed by the SS during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

SS troops search ruined buildings for survivors during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Jews captured during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising are marched off to the Umschlagplatz for deportation. The original German caption reads: "March to the rail station."

A German gun crew shells a housing block during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "Destruction of a housing block."

A German gun crew shells a housing block during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

SS troops guard members of the Jewish resistance captured during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "These bandits offered armed resistance."

Jewish families surrender to the SS during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "Smoking out the Jews and bandits."

Two Ukrainian members of the SS, known as "Askaris," peer into a doorway past the bodies of Jews killed during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "Askaris used during the operation."

The ruins of an apartment building destroyed by the SS during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

A factory razed by the SS burns during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

German personnel discuss matters as an apartment building razed by the SS burns during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

The Stroop Report was an album prepared by SS Major General Jürgen Stroop, commander of the German forces which liquidated the Warsaw ghetto, to document the suppression of the ghetto uprising in the spring of 1943.

Ruins in the Warsaw ghetto after its destruction by the SS.

An SS soldier stands among ruins in the Warsaw ghetto during the suppression of the uprising.

Ruins in the Warsaw ghetto after the suppression of the uprising by the SS.

Jews captured by the SS during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising march to the Umschlagplatz for deportation to Treblinka.

SS troops guard members of the Jewish resistance captured during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "Bandits!"

A man perched on the ledge outside of a 4th story window prepares to commit suicide by jumping rather than be captured by the SS on the fourth day of the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "Bandits jump to escape arrest."

SS troops stand near the bodies of Jews who committed suicide by jumping from a 4th story window rather than be captured during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "Bandits who jumped."

German police man the radio command car during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "In the radio car of the command post."

An SS soldier searches a captured Jewish resistance fighter during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "Pulled from a bunker."

A building razed by the SS burns during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Jews captured by the SS during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising march past the St. Zofia hospital down Nowolipie Street towards the Umschlagplatz for deportation to Treblinka.

Smoke rises over Warsaw from the burning ghetto. The view is from the neighborhood of Kolo.

SS Major General Jürgen Stroop (center), accompanied by SS and police officers, looks on as SS soldiers uncover the entrance to an underground bunker during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "They were also discovered in underground bunkers."

Warsaw ghetto after the liberation in 1945.

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	Jews captured by the SS during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising are lined up against a wall prior to being searched for weapons. The original German caption reads: "Before the search."
	A German gun crew shells a housing block during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "Fighting a pocket of resistance."
	A Jewish man leaps to his death from the top story window of an apartment block during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
	Surrounded by heavily armed SS and SD guards, SS Major General Jürgen Stroop (center), watches housing blocks burn during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "The leader of the grand operation."
	Jews captured by the SS during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising are marched to the Umschlagplatz for deportation. The original German caption reads: "How the former Jewish residential quarter looks after its destruction."
	The ruins of buildings destroyed by the SS during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
	SS troops search ruined buildings for survivors during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
	Jews captured during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising are marched off to the Umschlagplatz for deportation. The original German caption reads: "March to the rail station."
	A German gun crew shells a housing block during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "Destruction of a housing block."
	A German gun crew shells a housing block during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
	SS troops guard members of the Jewish resistance captured during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "These bandits offered armed resistance."
	Jewish families surrender to the SS during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "Smoking out the Jews and bandits."
	Two Ukrainian members of the SS, known as "Askaris," peer into a doorway past the bodies of Jews killed during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "Askaris used during the operation."
	The ruins of an apartment building destroyed by the SS during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
	A factory razed by the SS burns during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
	German personnel discuss matters as an apartment building razed by the SS burns during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
	The Stroop Report was an album prepared by SS Major General Jürgen Stroop, commander of the German forces which liquidated the Warsaw ghetto, to document the suppression of the ghetto uprising in the spring of 1943.
	Ruins in the Warsaw ghetto after its destruction by the SS.
	An SS soldier stands among ruins in the Warsaw ghetto during the suppression of the uprising.
	Ruins in the Warsaw ghetto after the suppression of the uprising by the SS.
	Jews captured by the SS during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising march to the Umschlagplatz for deportation to Treblinka.
	SS troops guard members of the Jewish resistance captured during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "Bandits!"
	A man perched on the ledge outside of a 4th story window prepares to commit suicide by jumping rather than be captured by the SS on the fourth day of the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "Bandits jump to escape arrest."
	SS troops stand near the bodies of Jews who committed suicide by jumping from a 4th story window rather than be captured during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "Bandits who jumped."
	German police man the radio command car during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "In the radio car of the command post."
	An SS soldier searches a captured Jewish resistance fighter during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "Pulled from a bunker."
	A building razed by the SS burns during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
	Jews captured by the SS during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising march past the St. Zofia hospital down Nowolipie Street towards the Umschlagplatz for deportation to Treblinka.
	Smoke rises over Warsaw from the burning ghetto. The view is from the neighborhood of Kolo.
	SS Major General Jürgen Stroop (center), accompanied by SS and police officers, looks on as SS soldiers uncover the entrance to an underground bunker during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The original German caption reads: "They were also discovered in underground bunkers."
	Warsaw ghetto after the liberation in 1945.