# Great Deportation from Warsaw (1942)

URL: https://poland-history.com/timeline/1942-great-deportation-from-warsaw
Location: Warsaw

Beginning on 22 July 1942, around 265,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto were deported to Treblinka and murdered. Within the broader World War II period: Invaded by Germany and the Soviet Union, Poland suffered brutal occupation and the Holocaust, while its underground state and armed forces fought on every front of the war. At this point in the timeline (22 July 1942), the governing authority was Władysław Raczkiewicz (President of Poland (in exile)). President of the internationally recognised Polish government-in-exile in France and London during World War II. Great Deportation from Warsaw mattered because it was part of the deliberate destruction of human lives that devastated Poland's Jewish and Polish populations and remains central to the memory of the twentieth century. The event is placed here so readers can follow it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion and culture across Polish history.

## Why it matters
Great Deportation from Warsaw mattered because it was part of the deliberate destruction of human lives that devastated Poland's Jewish and Polish populations and remains central to the memory of the twentieth century.

Ruler at the time: [Władysław Raczkiewicz](https://poland-history.com/rulers/wladyslaw-raczkiewicz)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Grossaktion Warsaw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grossaktion_Warsaw)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Great Deportation from Warsaw](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Great+Deportation+from+Warsaw)
- [Wikipedia — History of Poland (1939–1945) (period overview)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Poland_(1939%E2%80%931945))