Ulica Mila 18 was famous as the headquarters bunker of the Jewish Fighting Organisation or Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa (ŻOB) in Polish, the bunker at 18 Mila Street was not constructed by the ZOB. It was made by a group of underworld smugglers in early 1943. By chance a command company of the ZOB arrived there, and it became the tactical headquarters for the Ghetto Uprising. The smugglers who had built it helped the ZOB as guides. There were 300 people in the bunker when it was attacked on May 8th, 1943, three weeks after the start of the Uprising. The smugglers surrendered, but the ZOB command, including Mordechaj Anielewicz, the leader of the Uprising, stood firm. German and Ukrainian troops threw tear gas into the bunker to force the occupants out. Anielewicz, his wife and many of his staff committed suicide rather than surrender, though a few fighters managed to get out of a rear exit. Although it is often claimed that Mila 18 was the last bunker in the Ghetto to fall, this was not the case. Schutzstaffel General Jürgen Stroop's men took 30 bunkers on May 12th alone. A bunker is a defensive warfare fortification to protect oneself. ... Other languages FAQs | Table free Welcome to Wikipedia, the free-content encyclopedia that anyone can edit. ... These lollipops, above, were found to contain heroin when inspected by the DEA. Smuggling is illegal transport, in particular across a border. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Ghetto Uprising refers to an armed struggle by people incarcerated in German Ghettos during World War II against the plans to resettle all the inhabitants to concentration and death camps. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... Mordechaj Anielewicz Mordechaj Anielewicz (1919-1943) was the commander of the Å»ydowska Organizacja Bojowa (English: Jewish Fighting Organization, also known as Å»OB) during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. ... A troop is a military unit, which can have different meanings depending on the country in which it is used. ... The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David, 1787 Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life; it is sometimes a noun for one who has committed or attempted the act. ... Surrender is when soldiers give up fighting and become prisoners of war, either as individuals or when ordered to by their officers . ... The infamous double-sig rune SS insignia. ... Jürgen Stroop in custody for war crimes Jürgen Stroop, (September 26, 1895 in Detmold – March 6, 1952 in Warsaw), was an SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und Polizei, who served as the SS and Police Leader of the Poland-Warsaw area during the Warsaw Ghetto... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ...