80 years later, upstanders of the Warsaw Ghetto still speak — especially in Passover | Opinion
On Sept. 1, 1939, the Germans invaded Poland with tanks, bombers and fighter planes. The Nazis justified the attack by claiming that Poland was persecuting the ethnic Germans living there and planning to join forces with Great Britain and France to dismember Germany. The Germans encircled Warsaw; it surrendered on Sept. 28.
Life in the ghetto was difficult beyond measure. 83,000 Jews died of starvation and disease by mid-1942. That year, the Nazis began deporting the surviving Jews to death camps, sending around 265,000 Jews to Treblinka in less than two months and killing approximately 35,000 Jews inside the ghetto. The following day, coinciding with the eve of Passover, 2,000 German soldiers and police officers, armed with artillery and tanks, surrounded the ghetto as many Jews were still participating in Passover Seders —the ritual feast that takes place on the first two nights of the holiday.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Why is the tax deadline April 18 this year, instead of April 15?'Tax Day,' the deadline for filing your taxes, is different in 2023. Here's why.
Read more »
A lesson of PassoverIn preparing for the upcoming Passover holiday and the associated Seders—festive meals when millions of Jews and their families will sit down as a community to recount the Exodus from Egypt, liberation from slavery, the revelation at Sinai, and ideas about freedom—I have been thinking about which…
Read more »
3 injured after bounce house flew away at Passover carnival in New JerseyMultiple large blow-up rides and bounce houses were set up for a Passover Carnival in a parking lot on Summer Avenue in Lakewood.
Read more »