Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The 80th Year Anniversary

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising lasted from April 19 to May 16, 1943. It was the first urban rebellion against Nazi Germany in the occupied territories.This striking and important event has to be put in the context of Nazi Germany’s desire for the total extermination of all the Jews in Europe. That intention was being carried out intensively. The remaining Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto were not about to be slaughtered without as much resistance as they could muster. This presentation will focus on what they did and why. It is their story.

Arthur Pitz, Ph.D. (history) is a Faculty Emeritus and Adjunct at Black Hawk College; and, a Fulbright Specialist.  He has given many public presentations over the years on multiple topics in the U.S. and overseas.  He has been studying and teaching on the Shoah (Holocaust), the Modern Middle East, and American History for many years.  He and Suzanne, his wife for 54 years, have been of service to their communities in their former home in Moline; and, now in Elmhurst, Illinois.