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Warsaw Ghetto, May 2014

The building is preserved as it was during the World War II time. Such buildings were occupied by about 300-400 families (1500 Jewish citizens) each. The Warsaw Ghetto was populated by around 300000 Jewish people. .

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto

 

Over 100 000 of the Ghetto residents died due to rampant disease or starvation, as well as random killings. In July 1942 the Nazis began massive deportations of the inhabitants from the Umschlagplatz to the Treblinka extermination camp during the Grossaktion Warschau, part of the countrywide Operation Reinhard. Between Tisha B'Av (July 23) and Yom Kippur (September 21) of 1942, about 254,000 Ghetto residents (or at least 300,000 by different accounts) were sent to Treblinka and murdered there.

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Taken on May 18, 2014