in 1942, the ghetto of warsaw became a danger zone. the ghetto was destroyed in many places. it all began with the deportation. on july 28, a group called the jewish fighters’ organization was created. this group lacked weapons which was a common theme. they were able to obtain a few pistols and grenades. after a few failed attempts, there weapons were confiscated and the leaders captured. a new underground group was created in january 1943. the assembly of this group had two machine guns, 14 riffles, over 500 handguns and a large amount of homemade grenades. the leader of this underground group was mordechai anielwicz, a 23 year old jewish boy and ha’shomer ha’tzair. the warsaw ghetto rebellion lasted longer than 6 weeks and were outmanned and outgunned. the germans were backed by tanks and heavy guns. the nazis ended the rebellion by setting each building on fire in the ghetto and using poison gas to draw jews out of bunkers. the group was about 750 jews that were armed, but also it was a few thousand people who didn’t have weapons but resisted the nazis and tried everything in their power to escape. this was the first armed uprising against the nazis.