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German soldiers direct artillery against a pocket of resistance during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. [LCID: 34083b] — German soldiers direct artillery against a pocket of resistance during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Warsaw, Poland, April 19-May 16, 1943.
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A war torn street. Many of the brick buildings are in shambles, with large piles of debris strewn across the street. A few people can be seen standing at the far end of the street. — Ruins of the Warsaw ghetto after the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Poland, May 1943.
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Photograph from SS General Juergen Stroop's report showing the Warsaw ghetto after the German suppression of the ghetto uprising. [LCID: 34091a] — Photograph from SS General Jürgen Stroop's report showing the Warsaw ghetto after the German suppression of the ghetto uprising. Stroop, commander of German forces that suppressed the Warsaw ghetto uprising, compiled an album of photographs and other materials. This album later came to known as "The Stroop Report." The right of this image from the album shows a column of Jews being transported out of the ghetto for deportation. Warsaw, Poland, April–May, 1943.
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Jews rounded up during the Warsaw ghetto uprising are forced to march to the assembly point for deportation. [LCID: 34082] — Jews rounded up during the Warsaw ghetto uprising are forced to march to the assembly point for deportation. Warsaw, Poland, April or May 1943.
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Roundup of Jews captured during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. [LCID: 80090] — Jews captured during the Warsaw ghetto uprising are marched past the St. Zofia hospital down Nowolipie Street towards the Umschlagplatz for deportation.
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Deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto during the ghetto uprising. [LCID: 34052] — Deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto during the ghetto uprising. The original German caption reads: "To the Umschlagplatz." Warsaw, Poland, May 1943.
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Jews captured during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Poland, April 19-May 16, 1943. [LCID: 46432] — Jews captured during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Poland, April 19–May 16, 1943.
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German soldiers interrogate Jews captured during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. [LCID: 46194] — Jews captured by the SS during the Warsaw ghetto uprising are interrogated beside the ghetto wall before being sent to the Umschlagplatz, the assembly point for deportation from the ghetto. The original German caption reads: "Search and Interrogation." Poland, May 1943.
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German soldiers lead Jews captured during the Warsaw ghetto uprising to the assembly point for deportation. [LCID: 5472a] — German soldiers lead Jews captured during the Warsaw ghetto uprising to the assembly point for deportation. Poland, May 1943.
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Jews captured by German troops during the Warsaw Ghetto uprising in April-May 1943. [LCID: 26543] — Jews captured by German troops during the Warsaw ghetto uprising in April–May 1943. This photograph appeared in the Stroop Report, an album compiled by SS Major General Jürgen Stroop, commander of German forces that suppressed the Warsaw ghetto uprising. The album was introduced as evidence at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. In the decades since the trial this photo has become one of the iconographic images of the Holocaust.
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Jews captured during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Warsaw, Poland, April 19-May 16, 1943. [LCID: 34059] — Members of the Jewish resistance are captured by SS troops on Nowolipie Street during the suppression of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Warsaw, Poland, April 19-May 16, 1943.
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German soldiers arrest Jews during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. [LCID: 34050] — German soldiers arrest Jews during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Poland, May 1943.

The Warsaw ghetto uprising began on April 19, 1943, after German troops and police entered the ghetto to deport its surviving inhabitants. By May 16, 1943, the Germans had crushed the uprising, deported surviving ghetto residents, and left the ghetto area in ruins.
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Jews captured during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Poland, April 19-May 16, 1943. [LCID: 41056] — SS personnel capture two Jewish resistance fighters who were pulled from a bunker during the suppression of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Warsaw, Poland, April 19-May 16, 1943.
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German soldiers burn residential buildings to the ground, one by one, during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. [LCID: 46202] — German soldiers burn residential buildings to the ground, one by one, during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Poland, April 19-May 16, 1943.
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