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Play music from the miniseries "1, 2, 3..." Based on a Polish Scouting song found in the archives of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. |
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WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING The NBC miniseries Uprising raises awareness of the Warsaw ghetto and its resistance movement. Based on historical events, the film presents a fictionalized version of these acts of defiance. Collected here are some of the resources available on the Museum’s Web site to explore the history that inspired this miniseries. |
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 Jews captured during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Warsaw, Poland, April 19–May 16, 1943. — National Archives/United States Holocaust Memorial Museum #34059 See photographs |
Links: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Warsaw Deportations to and from the Warsaw Ghetto Jewish Resistance Bibliography Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Bibliography Ghetto Symposium Holocaust Ghettos
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 German soldiers burn residential buildings to the ground, one by one, during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Poland, April 19–May 16, 1943. — National Archives/United States Holocaust Memorial Museum #46202 See photographs |
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What do you think? Most of us never experience extreme circumstances of danger and deprivation—we can’t know what we might do. Below are some questions for contemplation. What did the Warsaw ghetto uprising accomplish? The role of the Jewish council is controversial. Can you make an argument for its head, Adam Czerniakow, as a collaborator? As a resister? The Nazis sometimes practiced a policy of collective punishment for actions committed in the ghetto. The movie depicts two Jews killing Nazi guards who have just shot an unarmed ghetto resident and are about to murder another. Were the actions of these Jews justified? If so, is your answer different when you consider the possibility of collective punishment? Are the moral dilemmas of resistance different for parents? How much outside news reached the ghetto? How might knowledge of atrocities influence ghetto residents’ attitudes? Remember, no one could predict or imagine the Holocaust before the fact.
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