The Jews of Warsaw 1939-1943 - Ghetto, Underground, Revolt
This scrupulously objective and fully documented work chronicles the struggle of the Jews of Warsaw from the outbreak of the war on September 1, 1939 through the crushing of the revolt in May 1943. Yisrael Gutman identifies the purpose of this work as follows: To examine the character and conduct of the Jewish community of Warsaw in face of the persecutive tactics of the Nazi occupation regime; to throw light on the means that were adopted to cope, both intellectually and psychologically, with the grave problems of the period; and to analyze the development of the armed resistance movement and the armed struggle of the Jews of Warsaw.' He achieves these goals in an admirable and convincing fashion.