Jews in the Warsaw Uprising: The Fate of Shoshana Kossower
On August 1, 1944, the Warsaw Uprising broke out. It was another uprising in the occupied capital – the first began on April 19, 1943, in the Warsaw Ghetto. By August 1944, the Jewish quarter in Warsaw no longer existed, and the overwhelming majority of Polish Jews, including Warsaw Jews, had been exterminated by the Germans. However, escapees from the ghetto and other towns hid in the city. The size of this group remains controversial. Most […]