Warsaw ghetto Flashcards
Who gave the orders for the creation of this ghetto
Hans Frank
When was the wall built around the Jewish quarter
October 1940
How was the wall built and paid for
All by the Jews
What was the original population
400,000
What type of people were forced from the countryside into this ghetto
Jews and Gypsies
What percentage of the city did this ghetto cover
2.4%
What percentage of the population of Warsaw was placed into the ghetto
30%
How high was the wall
10 feet high
How many remained in the ghetto in September 1942
55,000
Which death camp were many of the Jews sent to
Trablinka, it was only 50 miles away
When was the uprising in the ghetto
1943
How long did the uprising in the camp last
One month
Why did the uprising start
As they began to resume deportations to death camps
How did the Nazis slve th issue of the uprising
They burnt the houses down so that those in hiding would appear and it could be over
What happened to many of the remaining people in the camp after the uprising brunt down their house
They were sent to the camps
