May 16, 1943
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising suppressed
On this day in 1943, Nazi troops quelled the month-long Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, in which Polish Jews and partisan fighters, led by Mordecai Anielewicz and the Jewish Fighting Organization, resisted deportation to the Treblinka extermination camp
Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/May-16
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