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Book SynopsisDescribes the growth and development of the resistance movement and armed struggle against the wider historical background and the development of clandestine communal activities in the ghetto
Trade Review"The best recent book on the Warsaw ghetto is Yisrael Gutman's The Jews of Warsaw, 1939-1943." Commentary "This scrupulously objective and fully documented work chronicles the struggle of the Jews of Warsaw from the outbreak of the war on September 1, 1939 through the crushing of the revolt in May 1943... admirable and convincing." American Historical Review "The book covers the subject as no other volume has hitherto - and is unlikely ever to be surpassed... an enduring monument." Times Literary Supplement "Yisrael Gutman has written the definitive work on the tragic-heroic history of the Warsaw Ghetto. It is detailed, well-organized, yet personal and engaging." Arnold Krammer, Texas A & M, The Journal of Military History
Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction Part One: Ghetto 1. The First Months of the Nazi Occupation; 2. The Establishment of the Ghetto; 3. The Warsaw Ghetto Part Two: Underground 4. The Political Underground in the Warsaw Ghetto; 5. Prelude to the Mass Deportation; 6. The Fateful Deportation; 7. The Ghetto Underground during the Deportation and the Establishment of the Jewish Fighting Organization (Z.O.B.); 8. The Polish Response to the Liquidation of Warsaw Jewry; 9. The Remnant of the Ghetto until January 1943 Part Three: Revolt 10. The Movement toward Combat: Mid-September 1942-January 17, 1943; 11. The Second Aktion: January 18-22, 1943; 12. The Remnant of the Ghetto from January to April 1943; 13. The Jewish Fighting Organization Prepares for the Revolt; 14. Days of Battle; 15. Repercussions of the Revolt Notes; Sources; Bibliography; Index
