Eighty years ago, on the eve of Passover on 19 April 1943, the skies above Warsaw echoing with gunfire turned red. About 750 young Jews stood behind a 10-foot-thick brick wall in the ghetto determined to face the full fury of the Nazi war machine. These untrained men firmly held bottles filled with gasoline, some rifles, a few pistols, a handful of grenades and a small number of machine guns. Grouped under the leadership of the two self-defence units the bravest of the brave defended the community with dignity and courage. In Europe in the 1940s, the usual Jewish experience...