The Warsaw Ghetto and Uprising

by Jeri Freedman

Book Overview

The German invasion of Poland in 1939 gave the Nazis the opportunity to implement their master plan to eliminate Europe's Jews. Part of the plan encompassed confining the Jews in a restricted area of Warsaw to make their survival difficult, followed by mass transportation of survivors to concentration camps, where they were killed. The Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto did not go quietly to their deaths but engaged in armed resistance. This riveting volume...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477776052
• ISBN13: 9781477776056
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Rosen Young Adult
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12