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World Service,17 Jan 2012,10 mins

The Warsaw ghetto

Witness History

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On the 18 of January 1943, German soldiers began a final drive to empty the Polish capital of Jews. It was also the day on which the first shots were fired in the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Janina David, 12-years-old at the time, survived. (Photo: Keystone/Getty Images)

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