In 1940, the Nazi SS and SD rounded up the Jewish families of Warsaw and forced them into what became known as the Warsaw ghetto. The Nazis then systematically starved, murdered and finally deported thousands within the ghetto for “resettlement in the East” – a thinly disguised euphemism for extermination in the Treblinka death camp. When the Nazis invaded the ghetto the Jews fought back and temporarily defeated the invaders. SS General Jürgen Stroop relieved the former commander, and ordered the entire Ghetto to be systematically burned down and blown up building by building. All of the survivors, including men, women, and children were either killed on the spot or deported to extermination camps. Stroop’s actions resulted in the deaths of 50,000 Jews, leaving only a handful of survivors.
This made for TV movie is based on John Hersey’s book “The Wall”.
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