The uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto (19 April - 16 May 1943) was an expression of the determination of the Jewish population, which despite the lack of any hope for the success of the rebellion, stood up against its oppressors, fighting for their pride and a sense of dignity.
It was vanity and ambition that prompted Jürgen Stroop to brag about the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto in a specially-compiled photo report for his superiors - the file which ultimately sent him to the gallows.
The Institute of National Remembrance loaned the original Jürgen Stroop Report to the Warsaw Ghetto Museum, as announced at a press conference held at the Institute’s Janusz Kurtyka Educational Center.
The IPN paid tribute to the insurgents from the Warsaw Ghetto on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the Uprising. The Deputy President of the Institute, Mateusz Szpytma Ph.D., and the Director of the IPN Archive, Marzena Kruk laid flowers in front of the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw on 19 April 2021.
We encourage you to read some educational materials on the subject.
In the autumn of 1940, the Germans established a ghetto in Warsaw. It was marked out in the so-called Northern District, mostly inhabited by Jews, and separated from the rest of the city by a high brick wall.
