their function to accompany SS units in groups of six or eight, as guides and experts in ghetto matters. By his own words, Stroop reported that after he took command on 19 April 1943, the forces at his disposal totaled 31 officers and 1,262 men:Stroop Report 19 April 1943 at JPFO Site. Stroop's report listed ultimate forces at his disposal as 36 officers and 2,054 men: His casualty lists also include members of four other Waffen-SS training and reserve units (1st SS Panzer Grenadier; 2nd SS Panzer Grenadier; 4th SS Panzer Grenadier; 5th SS Panzer Grenadier Training Battalions). Polish police came from the Kommissariarts 1st, 7th and 8th. There is also evidence that German Police of the SSPF of Lubin took part in the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto Jews, as did the I Battalion of the 17th SS Police Regiment. In popular culture The uprising is the subject of numerous works, in multiple media, such as Aleksander Ford's film Border Street (1948), John Hersey's novel The Wall (1950), Leon Uris' novel Mila 18 (1961), Jack P. Eisner's autobiography The Survivor (1980), Andrzej Wajda's films A Generation (1955), Samson (1961), Holy Week (1995), and Jon Avnet's film Uprising (2001). The photograph of a boy surrendering outside a bunker, with Trawniki with submachine guns in the background, became one of the best-known photographs of World War II and the Holocaust: He is said to represent all 6 million Jewish Holocaust victims. See also Destruction of Warsaw Sobibor uprising Białystok Ghetto uprising Ghetto uprisings Battle of Muranów Square Notes References Bibliography Primary sources Original in Polish: PDF 1.86 MB. In other languages — '' Further reading Review External links Voices From the Inferno: Holocaust Survivors Describe the Last Months in the Warsaw Ghetto, an online exhibition by Yad Vashem Rare color photo (not colorized) from Warsaw Ghetto Uprising by Zbigniew Borowczyk (visible Church of St. Anthony of Padua at 31/33 Senatorska Street and burning ghetto). The Warsaw Ghetto archive (including The Stroop Report) at Jewish Virtual Library Stroop Report online in German and English Marek Edelman, The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Pre and post war pictures of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising Rokhl Auerbakh: Literature as Social Service & the Warsaw Ghetto Soup Kitchen Teach about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Classroom Lesson Plans from the Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation 1943 in Judaism 1943 in Poland Battles of World War II involving Germany Battles involving