The documentary film "Uprising" uses reworked archival footage to tell the story of Marek Edelman, a leader in the Warsaw Ghetto rebellion against the Nazis in 1943. The film begins by showing the growing restrictions and regulations that led to the imprisonment of over half a million Polish Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, a slum district with inadequate living conditions. The daily struggle for survival was exacerbated by hunger, disease, and the suspicion that "deportations to the east" were actually mass murders. As the residents realized their fate was sealed, a small group of young people, including Edelman, planned the resistance. The uprising began in January with spontaneous fighting at the ghetto railhead, led by Moredecai Anielewicz, and continued on April 19, 1943.
Uprising
In 1943, a courageous uprising takes place in the Warsaw Ghetto, as Jewish residents, fueled by desperation and determination, mount a fierce resistance against the oppressive Nazi regime during World War II.
