82 Years Ago, Sol Liber Fought the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Author: USC Shoah Foundation via YouTube
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April 19 marks the 82nd anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the largest uprising by Jews during WWII and the first significant revolt against German occupation in Europe.
Sol Liber, Holocaust survivor and one of the few Jewish survivors of the uprising, played a role in the Jewish resistance within the Warsaw ghetto—smuggling Jewish children out of the ghetto through the sewers and hiding gasoline to make Molotov cocktails. In his testimony, he remembers April 19, 1943, when Nazis called the ghetto to be evacuated and were met with silence. The next day, when Nazi troops marched in, Sol and many other resistance fighters opened fire. The fighting continued for 29 days.
Sol’s testimony was the 58th interview recorded by the USC Shoah Foundation in 1994.
Today, we honor the memory and bravery of those who resisted.
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