# Canonical recap data for Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (1943)
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slug: warsaw-ghetto-uprising
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1943/warsaw-ghetto-uprising"
title: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
subtitle: Armed Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto became the first urban uprising against Nazi occupation in occupied Europe, defying deportation and certain death.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1943-04-19
endDate: 1943-05-16
datePrecision: day
year: 1943
decade: 1940
country:
name: Poland
slug: poland
summaryShort: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was an uprising by the Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto in German-occupied Poland during World War II to oppose Nazi Germany's final effort to transport the remaining ghetto population to the gas chambers of the Majdanek and Treblinka extermination camps in 1943. It was the largest sing
summaryLong: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was an uprising by the Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto in German-occupied Poland during World War II to oppose Nazi Germany's final effort to transport the remaining ghetto population to the gas chambers of the Majdanek and Treblinka extermination camps in 1943. It was the largest single revolt by Jews against the Nazis during World War II.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Stroop_Report_-_Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising_BW.jpg/1280px-Stroop_Report_-_Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising_BW.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Warsaw Ghetto Uprising"
importance: 87
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising"
  title: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
- protest
metaDescription: "The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was an uprising by the Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto in German-occupied Poland during World War II to oppose Nazi Germany's "
wikidataQid: Q160161
taxonomy:
domain: social_movement
eventTypes:
- riot
canonicalClasses:
- mobilization
- conflict
impactRadius: national
velocity: sudden
predictability: emergent
intentionality: spontaneous
domainCoupling: multi_domain
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260627000043/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-27
  label: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising"
