Little Polish Boy Poem

Lesson Snapshot:

• The Warsaw Ghetto boy appears in the most well-known photograph taken during the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising
• He is holding his hands over his head while SS-Rottenführer Josef Blösche points a submachine gun in his direction
• The boy and others hid in a bunker during the final liquidation of the ghetto
• They were caught and forced out by German troops
• After the photograph was taken, all of the Jews in the photograph were marched to the Umschlagplatz and deported to Majdanek extermination camp or Treblinka
• The exact location and the photographer are not known, and Blösche is the only person in the photograph who can be identified with certainty
• The image is one of the most iconic photographs of the Holocaust, and the boy came to represent children in the Holocaust, as well as all Jewish victims

Worksheet Task:

• Aimed at Students studying across AS/A2 or equivalent
• Premium resource
• Use as you wish in the classroom or home environment
• Use with other Holocaust History Lessons & Resources