The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ( ; ; ) was the 1943 act of Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto in German-occupied Poland during World War II to oppose Agree_or_refuse_to_act Nazi Germany 's final effort to transport Sending the remaining ghetto population to Majdanek and Treblinka concentration camps .

After the Grossaktion Warsaw of summer 1942 , in which more than a quarter of a million Jews were deported Removing from the ghetto to Treblinka and murdered Killing , the remaining Jews began Process_start to build Building bunkers and smuggle weapons and explosives into the ghetto .

After the Grossaktion Warsaw of summer 1942 , in which more than a quarter of a million Jews were deported Removing from the ghetto to Treblinka and murdered Killing , the remaining Jews began Process_start to build Building bunkers and smuggle weapons and explosives into the ghetto .

The uprising started on 19 April when the ghetto refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to surrender Surrendering to the police commander SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop , who then ordered Request the burning of the ghetto , block by block , ending on 16 May .

The uprising started on 19 April when the ghetto refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to surrender Surrendering to the police commander SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop , who then ordered Request the burning of the ghetto , block by block , ending on 16 May .