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 * Warsaw Ghetto || The Nazis created the ghetto in October 1940, forcing 500,000 Jews from Poland and surrounding areas to live there. Up to 6,000 people a month died from starvation, disease, cold or shootings. Hundreds of thousands were transported to death camps. On April 4, 1943, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising began.The fighters held out for 42 days.The revolt ended on May 16. Five thousands Jews were killed. Secular Jews consider the anniversary of the uprising as one of their most important holidays. || (please add definition) ||