g. The First Liquidation

For 44 days from July 22, the Nazis deported 265,000 Jews from the Ghetto to the Treblinka death camp, leaving behind 60,000 Jews who were crushed and devastated, as well as feeling guilty and helpless at having failed to act.

There are several reasons as to why the new resistance movement failed to respond:

1) Ideological divisions between the Movements made coordination very difficult. For instance, the Communists and the Zionists completely distrusted one another and the Bund felt that they wished to coordinate with the Polish Socialist Movement.

2) The Judenrat and others in the Ghetto opposed the Underground because they were scared of the consequences. These people believed the situation might eventually improve and that the Underground was provoking unnecessary trouble. The Judenrat may have been mistrusted, but the Underground was more so.

3) The help from outside sources was pathetic. Many in the Polish underground were not sorry to see the Jews die.