Examines the final years of the Warsaw ghetto, the uprising, and the varied, nuanced ways Jewish people resisted Nazi rule.
The People's Uprising and the Fall of the Warsaw Ghetto, April 1942-June 1943 sheds light on the lives, choices, and experiences of the tens of thousands of Jews who were not part of the underground armed resistance but nonetheless supported the famed Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. This riveting and dramatic account focuses on the final year of the Warsaw ghetto, from the Great Deportation in the summer of 1942 through the suppression of the uprising in mid-1943. Drawing on powerful contemporary testimonies, diaries, and documents-many of them previously unexplored-Havi Ben-Sasson Dreifuss
reveals how members of the broader Jewish population struggled to survive, maintain family and community life, and make impossible moral decisions in the face of fear, hunger, and daily violence. Looking beyond the fighters themselves, the book offers a story of devastation, but also of resilience and human dignity.
Published in association with Yad Vashem.
| ISBN: | 9781684583065 |
| Publication date: | 10th March 2026 |
| Author: | Havi BenSasson Dreifuss |
| Publisher: | Brandeis University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 472 pages |
| Series: | The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry |
| Genres: |
History |
Examines the final years of the Warsaw ghetto, the uprising, and the varied, nuanced ways Jewish people resisted Nazi rule.
The People's Uprising and the Fall of the Warsaw Ghetto, April 1942-June 1943 sheds light on the lives, choices, and experiences of the tens of thousands of Jews who were not part of the underground armed resistance but nonetheless supported the famed Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. This riveting and dramatic account focuses on the final year of the Warsaw ghetto, from the Great Deportation in the summer of 1942 through the suppression of the uprising in mid-1943. Drawing on powerful contemporary testimonies, diaries, and documents-many of them previously unexplored-Havi Ben-Sasson Dreifuss
reveals how members of the broader Jewish population struggled to survive, maintain family and community life, and make impossible moral decisions in the face of fear, hunger, and daily violence. Looking beyond the fighters themselves, the book offers a story of devastation, but also of resilience and human dignity.
Published in association with Yad Vashem.
The People's Uprising and the Fall of the Warsaw Ghetto, April 1942-June 1943 features in the following genres: History
The People's Uprising and the Fall of the Warsaw Ghetto, April 1942-June 1943 is available in Paperback
The People's Uprising and the Fall of the Warsaw Ghetto, April 1942-June 1943 was written by Havi BenSasson Dreifuss and published by Brandeis University Press
The People's Uprising and the Fall of the Warsaw Ghetto, April 1942-June 1943 has 472 pages
Yes it is part of The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry series
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