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German soldiers arrest Jews during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. [LCID: 34050]
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Captured Jews during the Warsaw ghetto uprising

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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