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1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising... WWII....

Item # 731534 ·

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 22, 1943

  • Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends in failure
  • German occupied Poland - Nazi atrocities
  • Jewish resistance - Jews

The top of page 3 has one column headings: "JEWS' LAST STAND FELLED 1,000 NAZIS" "Battle in Warsaw Ghetto Was Aided by Armed Squads of Polish Guerrillas" "More Slaughter Starts" and more. (see images) See images for text on the end of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. 
Complete with all 28 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally nice.

Background: The May 22, 1943 edition of The New York Times carries profound historical significance as one of the earliest frontline dispatches to expose the full scale of organized Jewish armed resistance to the Western public, directly shattering the misconception of passive compliance during the Holocaust. By reporting that Jewish insurgents—aided by Polish underground guerrillas—inflicted roughly 1,000 Nazi casualties before SS forces crushed the revolt through systematic arson, artillery, and subterranean destruction, the article provided contemporary, real-time evidence of both unimaginable atrocities and heroic defiance. Capturing the tragic culmination of the month-long revolt led by groups like the Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa and Żydowski Związek Wojskowy, this coverage documented the largest single act of Jewish urban resistance against the Nazi regime, enshrining the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising as an enduring international symbol of courage and human dignity in the face of total annihilation.

Category: World War II
Price
$88
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.