Warsaw Ghettograd - The 1943 Uprising (Episode 2)

In 1943, the SS commenced the clearance of the largest Jewish ghetto in Europe, the Warsaw Ghetto. But they met unexpected armed resistance from Jewish organisations, determined to make the Germans pay dearly for every street and building.
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It's amazing the detail of this production.

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So true.

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I totally agree!

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An excellent description of this series

[@fuhkutube]

My neighbor 9 @ the time & her mom were there.

[@hoosierpatriot2280]

I had no idea this happened. I actually felt like cheering when I heard, some of them escaped on a truck and the nazis NEVER found them. Thank you Dr. Felton for being such an outstanding historian and teacher!

[@MercSambo]

Leon Uris wrote an amazing book about this; utterly dramatic and compelling! A great read if you like this era of history

[@megabannedagain]

It's in the movie the pianist too

[@jayburn00]

Mila 18 is a great book. Fictional, but the events are close to the real thing, and the characters were inspired by real people if not actually based on them.

[@victoriapruitt1209]

@@jayburn00 Mila 18 was the Headquarters of the ZOB.

[@jayburn00]

@@victoriapruitt1209 I know. There is a book with that name as a title.

[@Gonkawonga]

Never forget the bravery and courage of these freedom fighters. Well done Mark.

[@Readyandwilling]

the opening music always beats my heart

[@Starlesslemon]

Luckily my family left Poland and made it to America before the war.

[@lt.e.a.sewell6555]

And now the USA is just as fascist under the Marxist Democrats. Stay tuned. Armed resistance is unavoidable.

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@@lt.e.a.sewell6555 hey do your family a favor, and get off of the crack!!!

[@Pinlady0203]

@@lt.e.a.sewell6555 not too bright are you.

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@@Pinlady0203 lol

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@@lt.e.a.sewell6555 It wasn't "Marxist Democrats " that tried overthrowing the Government on Jan. 6.

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‘Pole-axed’! Well, they would be, wouldn’t they

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I see what u did there

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AMEN!

[@JesseJoyce-cj2xg]

Unfortunately, history has passed away. But it had a good, long run.

[@Artur_M.]

Great tribute to this event of monumental tragedy and heroism. I'm looking forward to the part 3.

[@rzeznik669]

Great as always, best regards from Warsaw

[@model-man7802]

I've to Warsaw on vacation.Beautiful town and nice people too.Went to Krakow,Lublin and saw the Museum's and Churches.Also saw our Holy father John Paul's place too.I recommend Poland for vacation if you want a change from paris and London.

[@KrissowskiM]

@@model-man7802 good for you! Hope you enjoyed it. Poland is almost a perfect country nowadays - unfortunately we are too weak and it seems it will not last long...

[@martinputt6421]

@@KrissowskiM It's not perfect at all. Homophobia is rife and homosexuals are widely persecuted.

[@KrissowskiM]

@@martinputt6421 buahahaha

[@KrissowskiM]

No such thing as the phobia you mentioned exists at all. It’s a made up concept.

[@katarinazelenova4748]

That photograph is iconic and gained worldwide attention in the early 1970s World at War series narrated by Sir Lawrence Olivier. I often wonder that happened to that little boy. I hope he made it and lived a long happy life and might be still living even now.

[@KrissowskiM]

Probably finished in death camps...

[@felixc.3444]

@@KrissowskiM Sad, and mostly true.

[@delavalmilker]

I remember reading somewhere that he may have survived the war. Here's an authoritative website that has some info: www.holocaustresearchproject.org/nazioccupation/boy.html

[@chrisaiano3651]

I think he was found living in New York so I read

[@frdyyung5524]

Yes correct, he survived and went to the USA. They found him later and did an interview. I saw it on German television.

[@Minboelf]

'The Pianist' briefly show this event

[@le4421]

Great movie

[@KrissowskiM]

What do you mean briefly? Half of the movie was about ghetto. The rest I think was about Warsaw uprising in 1944 - I don’t remember as I’ve seen it long time ago.

[@herrcobblermachen]

The director of The Pianist, Roman Polanksi, was there during the uprising. Doesn't get any closer than that.

[@KrissowskiM]

@@herrcobblermachen nope - he was in Kraków ghetto.

[@fritzVirginSteeler]

The movie even reconstruct in painstakingly details some of the actual photographs taken that day. It's really impressive

[@Urkinorobitch]

The 1943 SS attack in column is portrayed in the movie "The Pianist" however on a smaller scale.

[@sunnyblue01]

I think there's also movie about this with title "The Uprising" , but I don't remember the year of release

[@martkbanjoboy8853]

It starred Donald Sutherland as one of the Ghetto leaders. It is a little known film today. Kanal is also a good film.

[@KrissowskiM]

@@martkbanjoboy8853 kanal is a movie about the real uprising in 1944.

[@GrandAdmThrawn]

@@sunnyblue01 it's from 2001with John Voight

[@martkbanjoboy8853]

@@KrissowskiM It is. Still a good film though. Along with films like 'Tunes of Glory' it would be difficult to do justice with a remake.

[@hanzup4117]

What a pointless slaughter :( Let us never forget these lessons from history. Keep up the great work, Mark!

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That's the trouble we keep forgetting history that's why there's still war's .

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Wonder if Mark will ever talk about the concentration camps that happened to the Palestinians from 1948 to 1955? He wouldn't touch it would a 10 foot poll lol al-awda.org/on-israels-little-known-concentration-and-labor-camps-in-1948-1955/?fbclid=IwAR2149gSCBcfzcw4jZW9kZc050n80pOH4I-BFd0jIBUV5cDWMxIMMMVO8YA

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@@lablackzed forget? 99% of the population didn't learn, or even have the will to learn. These lessons or anything else 🤮

[@comradekenobi6908]

@@damienanonymous901 maybe in the future

[@Subcomandante73]

Not pointless to slaughter the SS.

[@Rastapapaman]

If I remember correctly, Marek Edelman stated that the Ghetto fighters had only six rifles between them. These rifles were passed on to give the Germans the impression of a much greater force.

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@@JackG79 Highly detailed that leaves out 80% of history 😆 No mention of the communist invaders that overthrew Spain. No mention of God's Chosen Lunatics declaring war on Germany in 1933. No mention of the communist takeover of Russia that was done by the Bolshevik, not Russians. I could go on and on. You are right though, this is clearly entertainment and not a source of good information when wanting to learn History.

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The whole episode was terrible but I can't help but feel a bit of satisfaction when Mark describes an SS column blown up by an ied

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Please explain how it was terrible please I’m just curious I found it very insightful?

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@@alastairross9169 I think he means the events were terrible. Not the video.

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Bielski brothers - aren’t these the ones who cooperated with Russian partisants and harassed and murdered local citizens?

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Early

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Really? I do as soon as I see the notification lol I don't think I have any other historians that I say that about on here.

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Hmmm - why? As a Polish person you had read the book by Moczarski at school with much more detail and thorough analysis of the ‘uprising’... or you missed it at school?

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Looking forward to part three , excellent

[@TheJayson07]

Just a suggestion, it could be nice if you could make a map and live mark showing the attack so we could visually see the operation

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[@jebbroham1776]

I can just picture the Army generals laughing at Himmler for this, especially given the hardcore reputation the SS had.

[@sparrowprince3432]

German army generals had no time to laugh at Himmler in 1944. The situation was too real after D-Day.

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Interesting, informative and worthwhile video.

[@zxck28]

Scary. I was in the old ghetto in Warsaw last year it was surreal and it’s crazy to hear this story.

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Uprising is the movie about this battle. Thanks Mark!!!

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[@alexbowman7582]

Mark do a video on the mysterious death of Polish President in exile Wladyslaw Sikorski and his entourage in a plane crash of Gibraltar as he returned from the Middle East heading to London with a dossier handed to him in Cairo by a German agent on the massacres of the Polish military elite by the Russians. The deaths were thought by many to be murder by the NKVD and the circumstances were echoed just a few years ago when another Polish President died in a plane crash that conspiracy theorists said was done again by Russia.

[@frdyyung5524]

Well, you basically just made the whole audio text xD what's more to add? We don't know any further information on this matter.

[@alexbowman7582]

@@frdyyung5524 there's a lot more. Did Churchill okay the murders?

[@frdyyung5524]

@@alexbowman7582 Yea this idea exists. But how do you wanna find out about it and proof it? The rest would be worthless conspiracy theorie or pure speculation. I dont think @War Stories with Mark Felton is able to (Challenge here ;).

[@shanemurphy3186]

It’s mentioned in a previous video. I believe it was about the Katyn Massacre

[@frdyyung5524]

@@shanemurphy3186 Correct, it is about the Katyn Massacre, and the death of Sikorski happened shortly after it became public.

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"ideologically conditioned for the task at hand", how ancient and modern at the same time.

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Two words really struck home for me. Ideologically Conditioned.

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[@Jack72607]

This story would deserve a dedicated movie

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Incredible history told in details. I can feel myself over there.

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SS soldiers advancing closer to an IED? Yup, it’s pro gamer time.

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ironic

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cringe

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Not sure is there a film made about this . It would be a sensation 👍. Looking forward to the next instalment of the story Mark 👍

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[@Kevichkovil]

Do you remember when, when the Nazis forced their rule on Poland

[@Shiroya_Rumika]

@@Kevichkovil 1939 and the allies turned away

[@creepycrawlything]

So heartening to have this story told again, and so well. The backdrop is about brutality. The story is about something very different.

[@billyc9707]

I never heard of this uprising in such detail. It's amazing and I'm so glad I learned these specific details. Everybody should watch this. This should of been much more widely publicized. Thank you Mr. Felton

[@KrissowskiM]

There are books available if you’re interested

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@@KrissowskiM I am if you happen to have a good suggestion of a well written book with such intimate details like this video I would greatly appreciate it

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@@billyc9707 they keep deleting the comment

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@@billyc9707 go to wikipedia

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@@billyc9707 search for conversations with executioner

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Great story. Can’t wait for the next episode.

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[@thunderK5]

I minor point of note is the Bergmann SMG carried by the SS rotter in the opening image. The SS often were armed with these instead of the Heer-standard MP-40.

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[@julianwaugh968]

I went to the museum in Warsaw It was shocking, a peice of lead pipe was used as a one shot gun Put the bullet in the pipe, hit it with a hammer. This was against flamethrowers and armored vehicles .