1940 ⟶ Warsaw Ghetto Established
Warsaw's Jews are directed to move into the Warsaw Ghetto.
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1941
1943
✡️ Poland Annexation and Lublin Ghetto Established
Portions of Poland are formally inducted into Germany; the first Jewish ghetto is established at Lublin.⟶
PolandannexationLublinghettoJewish persecutionHolocaustGerman occupationWorld War II
🤝 Soviet Union Invited to Tripartite Pact; Warsaw Ghetto Established
The Soviet Union is invited to join Tripartite Pact and to share in the spoils of British Empire. Warsaw's Jewish ghetto is cordoned off from the rest of the city.⟶
DiplomacySoviet UnionTripartite PactGermanyPolandGhettoJewishWarsaw
✡️ Stanisławów Ghetto Established
Approximately 20,000 Stanisławów Jews ordered into the ghetto area, and non-Jews ordered out.⟶
GhettoHolocaustPersecutionJewsPolandNazi GermanyStanisławówDiscrimination
✊ Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Begins
The Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto rise up for the first time, starting the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.⟶
Warsaw GhettoUprisingJewish ResistancePolandHolocaustResistanceGermanyWorld War II
