Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

January 18, 1943, the SS began the final stages of liquidating the Warsaw Ghetto. However, many of the Ghetto inhabitants were a part of resistance groups and fought back. This marked the beginning of the Uprising and halted deportations until April. 

(Monument to the Ghetto Uprising)

The film "The Pianist" tells the story of Jewish piano player and composer Władysław Szpilman. Szpilman survived Nazi occupation, deportations from the Ghetto and finally the Soviet invasion. While he was not in the Ghetto during the  uprising, he was still in Warsaw the entire time. It won the Oscars for Best Actor, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay in 2002. 

(Image from film)