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)
Published on Wednesday, 18th January 2012.
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