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Another good movie on the subject is "The Pianist"
Juden haben waffen!
It's amazing what you can accomplish when you have nothing to lose.
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During the time of the Warsaw uprising, the soviet Red Army was fast approaching Warsaw from the east. On the orders of Joseph Stalin, the Red Army stopped its' offensive, and waited until the Nazis had crushed the uprising before continuing westward and capturing the city. Stalin wanted to make sure that there were no "jewish troublemakers" left in Poland when the Soviets took control after the war was over.
The Soviets were close enough to have provided air support to the Jewish fighters, and to have air-dropped supplies and weapons to them, but refused to do so.
The Nazis weren't the only bad guys in that war.
Stalin was just as much the anti-Semite that Hitler was. Had he known about the Holocaust ahead of time, he'd have held off on attacking Germany just to let them finish off the Jews first. It would have saved him the effort.Stalin was just an usurper. He violated his country's contract by signing that forbidden contract with Hitler. He should have recognized the malignant hatred of the German fascist and invaded them and annihilated them first. The Holocaust could have been prevented if Russia fired the first shot and toppled the Third Reich.
e should have recognized the malignant hatred of the German fascist and invaded them and annihilated them first.
Warsaw wasn't the only uprising in 1943 ( I think) 600 Jews at the Sobibor death camp in Sobibor Poland. Led by a Russian Jew named Alexandr Perchefsky ( a POW who was sent to that camp W/ small number of Jews who were in the Soviet Army) over powered and killed their S.S. guards and escaped. Himmler ordered the (empty) camp destroyed the next year.
Now I realize we're all lost in cyber space but I think this thread deserves the same type of respect.
This (IMO) isn't the place to be arguing facism Vs. communism or Stalin Vs. Trotsky.
This is a place to remember the heros that fell
Like I said that's my opinion and no one has to agree W/ me but I felt like it needed saying
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 1943 & Warsaw Uprising 1944
In Warsaw there were 2 uprisings during II World War.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (German: "Aufstand im Warschauer Ghetto", Polish: "Powstanie w getcie warszawskim") was the Jewish insurgency that arose within the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland during World War II, and which opposed Nazi Germany's effort to transport the remaining ghetto population to the Treblinka extermination camp. The insurgency was launched against the Germans and their Jewish collaborators on January 18, 1943. The most significant portion of the insurgency took place from April 19 until May 16, 1943, and ended when the poorly-armed and supplied resistance was crushed by the German troops under the direct command of Jürgen Stroop. It was the largest single revolt by the Jews during the Holocaust.[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Uprising
The Warsaw Uprising (Powstanie Warszawskie) was a World War II struggle by the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. The Uprising began on August 1, 1944, as part of a nationwide rebellion, Operation Tempest. It was intended to last for only a few days until the Soviet Army would reach the city. The Soviet advance stopped short, however, while Polish resistance against the German forces continued for 63 days (until October 2).
Stalin was just as much the anti-Semite that Hitler was. Had he known about the Holocaust ahead of time, he'd have held off on attacking Germany just to let them finish off the Jews first. It would have saved him the effort.
That is a fair number of people. I wonder what percentage participated in armed resistance.
Maybe someone can correct me if they think I am wrong, but I was told a while back that the Jewish fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising tried to get support from the normal Polish underground, but were refused. Do any of those histories mention this? It was in a short write up on antisemitism and noted the irony of the two uprisings in relation to that refusal.
The Warsaw Ghetto is the subject of a fairly recent DVD, "Uprising".