But there were some notable exceptions to the role, some brave Jews who did choose to fight back against Nazi tyranny instead of submitting meekly to the jackboots. Among them were the heroes of the ...

Here, we present profiles of ten photojournalists of the Warsaw Uprising and the stories behind their photographs ... Then, after escaping a Nazi prison camp, she joined the Women’s Auxiliary Service ...

Among those present was the family of Stanislawa Wasilewska, who was captured by Nazi troops on Aug. 31, 1944, during the ...

women and children, and piles of smoldering rubble and rubbish filled the air with acrid smoke,” she added. “Even in the cold, the stench of decay was unbearable.” The vanished city The end of the ...

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the first armed battle against the Germans. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the first armed battle against the Germans, though far from the only one. Some type of ...

The Jewish resistance movement in the Warsaw Ghetto grew after 265,000 men, women and children were rounded ... orders to report for deportation. The uprising began when the Nazis entered the ...

Author, historian and biographer Clare Mulley will talk about her latest work at a charity Literary Lunch in Royston.

But last month, a roll of film taken by a Warsaw firefighter during the uprising was discovered by his son. The developed pictures offer a previously unseen perspective on the Warsaw Ghetto ...

To gain a better understanding of how Poland gained independence, visit the Warsaw Uprising Museum. This attraction, which sits in a former tram power station in the Wola district, is home to ...