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Uncle Joe

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52. The Warsaw Ghetto.
Wed Jul 30, 2014, 08:14 PM
Jul 2014

Last edited Wed Jul 30, 2014, 08:47 PM - Edit history (1)



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_ghetto

The construction of the ghetto wall started on April 1, 1940.[6] The Warsaw Ghetto was established by the German Governor-General Hans Frank on October 16, 1940 in an area of Warsaw primarily occupied by Polish Jews. Frank ordered all Jews in Warsaw and its suburbs rounded up and herded into the Ghetto. At this time, the population in the Ghetto was estimated to be 400,000 people, about 30% of the population of Warsaw;[7] however, the area of the Ghetto was only about 2.4% of that of Warsaw.[8]

The Germans closed the Warsaw Ghetto to the outside world on November 16, 1940. The wall was typically 3 m (9.8 ft) high and topped with barbed wire. Escapees could be shot on sight. The borders of the ghetto changed many times during the next years.


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Unemployment was a major problem in the ghetto. Illegal workshops were created to manufacture goods to be sold illegally on the outside and raw goods were smuggled in, often by children. Hundreds of four- to eight-year-old Jewish children went across en masse to the "Aryan side," sometimes several times a day, smuggling food into the ghettos, returning with goods that often weighed more than they did. Smuggling was often the only source of subsistence for Ghetto inhabitants, who would otherwise have died of starvation.

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The Germans expected no resistance, but preparations to resist had been going on since the previous autumn.[18] The first instances of Jewish armed resistance began that day. The Jewish fighters had some success: the expulsion stopped after four days and the ŻOB and ŻZW resistance organizations took control of the Ghetto, building shelters and fighting posts and operating against Jewish collaborators.[13]

The final battle started on the eve of Passover of April 19, 1943, when a Nazi force consisting of several thousand troops entered the ghetto. After initial setbacks, the Germans under the field command of Jürgen Stroop systematically burned and blew up the ghetto buildings, block by block, rounding up or murdering anybody they could capture. Significant resistance ended on April 28, and the Nazi operation officially ended in mid-May, symbolically culminating with the demolition of the Great Synagogue of Warsaw on May 16. According to the official report, at least 56,065 people were killed on the spot or deported to German Nazi concentration and death camps (Treblinka, Poniatowa, Majdanek, Trawniki).






The Gaza Ghetto

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip

Gaza has an annual population growth rate of 2.91% (2014 est.), the 13th highest in the world, and is overcrowded.[4][5] There is a limited capability to construct new homes and facilities for this growth. The territory is 41 kilometers (25 mi) long, and from 6 to 12 kilometers (3.7 to 7.5 mi) wide, with a total area of 365 square kilometers (141 sq mi).[6] As of 2014, Palestinians of the Gaza Strip numbered around 1.82 million people.[5] The large Palestinian refugee population makes it among the most densely populated parts of the world.[7] Sunni Muslims make up the predominant part of the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip.

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Between December 2000 and June 2001, the barrier between Gaza and Israel was reconstructed. A barrier on the Gaza Strip-Egypt border was constructed starting in 2004.[17] The main crossing points are the northern Erez Crossing into Israel and the southern Rafah Crossing into Egypt. The eastern Karni Crossing used for cargo, closed down in 2011.[18] Israel controls the Gaza Strip's northern borders, as well as its territorial waters and airspace. Egypt controls Gaza Strip's southern border, under an agreement between it and Israel.[19] Neither Israel or Egypt permits free travel from Gaza as both borders are heavily militarily fortified. "Egypt maintains a strict blockade on Gaza in order to isolate Hamas from Islamist insurgents in the Sinai."[20]

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Human Rights Watch has advised the UN Human Rights Council that it views Israel as a de facto occupying power in the Gaza Strip, even though Israel has no military or other presence, because the Oslo Accord authorizes Israel to control the airspace and the territorial sea.[23][24][126] Other NGOs and other pro-Israel entities have been reported to contest that specific view.[124][127][128]

The economy of the Gaza Strip is severely hampered by Egypt and Israel's almost total blockade, the high population density, limited land access, strict internal and external security controls, the effects of Israeli military operations, and restrictions on labor and trade access across the border. Per capita income (PPP) was estimated at US$3,100 in 2009, a position of 164th in the world.[131] Seventy percent of the population is below the poverty line according to a 2009 estimate.[131] Gaza Strip industries are generally small family businesses that produce textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the Israelis have established some small-scale modern industries in an industrial center. Israel supplies the Gaza Strip with electricity.



My first sentence in the OP was that Netanyahu hasn't committed a Holocaust yet, but neither had the Nazis before they did.

Not to mention, there is nothing trivial about mass murdering a trapped, impoverished citizenry; men, women and children by relentless bombing and/or shooting naval and artillery shells with no regard to the consequences to the oppressed people.
Pink Floyd - Song for Palestine. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #1
Song for Palestine - Pink Floyd ReRe Jul 2014 #7
I hear Ya Uncle Joe..Woke up with this song playing in my head this morning. Then I heard about misterhighwasted Jul 2014 #42
UNCLE JOE, Here's a statement from Roger Waters that explains what moved him to record this song misterhighwasted Jul 2014 #44
Thanks for that backdrop information, misterhighwasted. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #46
He certainly does not honor their memory. Divernan Jul 2014 #2
I believe he's a political clone of Dick Cheney if not George W. Bush. n/t Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #4
If they could speak ... A-Schwarzenegger Jul 2014 #3
At least one of the survivors is, there may be more. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #5
And also to you, Unc. A-Schwarzenegger Jul 2014 #11
There are more. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #8
K&R ReRe Jul 2014 #6
Thank you, ReRe and I could agree more. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #9
I agree... defacto7 Jul 2014 #10
Yes, Israel must honor the victims of the Holocaust by showing a stiff upper lip TheKentuckian Jul 2014 #12
You mention suicide bombings, there was one thwarted attempt in May of this year and that has Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #13
Time didn't start 6 years ago or 10 or 20 or 30 or 40 years ago TheKentuckian Jul 2014 #21
Thaaaaaank you. Rhinodawg Jul 2014 #23
Me too! nt COLGATE4 Jul 2014 #24
"Ignoring decades of clear history ..." intaglio Jul 2014 #28
The good neighbors that combined forces to win them out on multiple occasions TheKentuckian Jul 2014 #30
Nice attempt to derail the conversation into something you think you can win intaglio Jul 2014 #38
Post removed Post removed Jul 2014 #40
So is Zionist Cohen anti-semitic as well? Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #41
I posted about the Palestinians intaglio Jul 2014 #43
To me this rings the same as Republicans accusing critics of Cheney/Bush's lies to war and Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #45
Since time has no meaning to you, how far back in time would you go to right an injustice? Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #32
when innocent children die both sides are criminals or ahre Jewish children the roguevalley Jul 2014 #53
Growing up in Cleveland... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2014 #14
It's like I've posted many times here, awoke, blind hate will literaly consume the hater turning Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #15
And to you, Joe. nt awoke_in_2003 Jul 2014 #16
Sad, but true Leith Wise Jul 2014 #17
Welcome to D.U. Leith Wise. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #18
Blessed Be Leith Wise Jul 2014 #27
K&R sadly. vanlassie Jul 2014 #19
If Sharon had been charged for war crimes malaise Jul 2014 #20
What a load of crap. Rhinodawg Jul 2014 #22
The argument is : "If those pesky Jews would just shut up COLGATE4 Jul 2014 #25
...^ that 840high Jul 2014 #29
The OP did not suggest Israel has of just take it. morningfog Jul 2014 #31
Thank you, morningfog. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #35
Ok... Rhinodawg Jul 2014 #37
What's your version of My Lai? Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #39
Targeting and killing innocent civilians can never, by definition, morningfog Jul 2014 #50
There has been one suicide bombing attempt in the past six years. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #33
Netanyahu is Israel's version of Dick Cheney. Avalux Jul 2014 #26
I couldn't agree more, Avalux. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #34
Peace, Uncle Joe. Avalux Jul 2014 #36
That reconciliation agreement has been totally swept under the rug... countryjake Jul 2014 #47
I agree, countryjake and it's most tragic to say the least. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #48
Comparisons to the Nazis are really overblown, in my opinion. BlueCheese Jul 2014 #49
Dead children are still dead children. Does that compare favorably? randome Jul 2014 #51
The Warsaw Ghetto. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #52
Netanyahu is Israel's Cheney. How anyone who is a Democrat could support such a person sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #54
I agree, sabrina. I also believe that vote undercut Kerry's ability Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #55
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