Jewish Fighting Organization

The Jewish Fighting Organization (ŻOB) was a resistance group that fought against Nazi occupation during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943. The uprising began on April 19, 1943, and lasted for four weeks, ending on May 16.1

The ŻOB, led by figures like Mordecai Anielewicz, was formed as despair turned to determination to resist the deportations of Jews to the Treblinka extermination camp. Despite being vastly outnumbered and outgunned, Jewish fighters used their knowledge of the ghetto and created hiding places to resist German troops. The uprising, though ultimately crushed, demonstrated a powerful act of Jewish armed resistance against the Nazis.123