Before World War II, the majority of Polish Jews lived in the merchant districts of Muranów, Powązki, and Stara Praga. Over 90% of Catholics lived further away from the commercial … See more

The first commissioner of the Warsaw Ghetto, appointed by Fischer, was SA-Standartenführer Waldemar Schön, who also supervised the … See more

Nazi officials, intent on eradicating the ghetto by hunger and disease, limited food and medical supplies. An average daily food ration in 1941 for Jews in Warsaw was limited to 184 … See more

Not long after the ghetto was closed off from the outside world, a number of German war profiteers such as Többens and Schultz appeared … See more

By the end of the September campaign the number of Jews in and around the capital increased dramatically with thousands of … See more

Despite grave hardships, life in the Warsaw Ghetto had educational and cultural activities, both legal and those conducted by its … See more

Approximately 100,000 ghetto inmates had already died of hunger-related diseases and starvation before the mass deportations started in the summer of 1942. Earlier that … See more