Yad Vashem: Photographs From the Warsaw Ghetto

What was life in the Jewish ghetto like? What happened to Polish Jews forced to live behind the wall? View a series of images taken during WWII of the Warsaw Ghetto and discuss the implications of what you see. Everyday life, economy,...

This online exhibition brings together many hours of testimonies from survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto. Listening and watching first-hand accounts deepens our understanding of this terrible time in our history. Click on a specific event to...

Abraham Lewin watched and recorded in his diary the deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto. Watch this video to hear a first-hand account of the deportation. [8:23]

Listen to the words of Jewish people living in the Warsaw Ghetto. These six videos show a different aspect of life in the Ghetto under Nazi rule.

Photographic exhibit highlights events from the Warsaw Rising in 1944.

This video features the words of Rachel Auerbach who lived in Warsaw and documented her life before, during and after WWII. From the public kitchen she helped to organize, she had a front-row seat to the suffering and hunger of those...

The Warsaw ghetto was the largest ghetto in Europe. The Jewish people who inhabited the ghetto were cut off from outside world and lived in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions. 80,000 Jewish people died in the Warsaw ghetto. Study a...

Young historians research the rationales for fighting the Vietnam War, and the controversies surrounding it. They watch film clips, examine photographs, and read Lyndon B. Johnson's message to Congress to gather information for a...

Peretz Oboczynki was a mailman in the Warsaw ghetto. This job gave him a unique vantage point to record the day to day happenings in the ghetto. Watch this video to hear a first-hand account of life as a Jew in Warsaw during World War...

This resource contains materials for a teacher to plan a lesson on the Warsaw Ghetto. Included resources are background information, presentation, photos, and a video. Lesson plans, self-study entries, and additional resources are also...