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This Happened — May 16: Warsaw Uprising Photograph

Updated May 16, 2024 at 11 a.m. The Warsaw Uprising officially ended on this day in 1943, when the remaining Jewish fighters were killed or captured by German forces. What was the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising? The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was a military operation by the Jewish resistance during World War II aimed at resisting the […]

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Watch: The Story Behind Iconic Holocaust Photo Of Warsaw Child

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dj8myWqT_nU expand=1] OneShot — Jewish boy surrenders, 1943 (Anonymous Nazi photographer​) The Warsaw Ghetto uprising against Nazi occupation started in April 1943. Jürgen Stroop was sent by Himmler to pacify it. He documented the liquidation of the ghetto in a report that would later be used against him and other SS officers during Dachau and Nuremberg’s trials. This picture was one of the photos found in the report, and went on to symbolize the evil of Hitler’s Final Solution. OneShot is a new digital format to tell the story of a single photograph in an immersive one-minute video. Follow […]

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