ner when the pursuers penetrated a dwelling of members of the Jewish Fighting Organization the vicinity of the OBW on Mila Street. Ghetto fighters fired upon German troops as they tried to round up another group of ghetto inhabitants for deportation. These fighters used a small supply of weapons that were smuggled into the ghetto. After four days, the troops retreated. This small victory was the inspiration to prepare for future resistance. On April 19, 1943, the eve of Passover, the Warsaw ghetto uprising began after German troops and police entered the ghetto to deport surviving inhabitants. Seven hundred and fifty fighters fought the Germans. The ghetto fighters were able to hold out a month, but on May 16, 1943, the revolt ended. The Germans slowly crushed the resistance. Of the more than 56,065 Jews captured, about 7,000 were shot and the remainder deported to the concentration camps. Museum 3Any Holocaust experience demonstrates the fragility of the values of civilization. Any person can choose evil, to perpetrate a Holocaust and any person can decide to follow a leader like sheep, but each of us has the freedom to be civilized and take the responsibility for that freedom. There were many plaques that told stories of selfishness. Many ordinary people, most non-Jewish that could not bear to see innocent people suffer and risked being tortured or shot to save as many lives as possible. ...
