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THE GHETTOS
The most famous was the Warsaw Ghetto. Warsaw was a city in which the 335,000 Jews represented about one third of the population.
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Warsaw Ghetto, 1940 |
More Jews were herded into Warsaw, so the Jewish population rose to about 450,000. These Jews were thrown into the slum area of town, 2.3% of the city area, and walled off.
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Starvation
in Warsaw Ghetto |
Read a personal account.
There was no sanitation. Pestilence would sweep through.
Life in the ghetto was intolerable.
RealAudio account by Mr. S. (3:45 min.)
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Child On A Ghetto Street |
If a person was not fit for work, then he did not get food tickets. That meant death by starvation.
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Being Taking To The Hospital |
Over 75,000 people died of disease and starvation.
The Jews of the ghetto had no idea what the Germans had in mind. At first, they thought the Nazis were trying to starve them to death or kill them off with plagues.
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Standing In Line For Deportation |
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Hungry Child In Ghetto |
The ghettos were run by Jewish councils, (Judenrat) who were responsible for carrying out Nazi orders.
Read a personal account.
The transports bound for Auschwitz and other concentration camps would come, and the Nazis would ask for 1,000 Jews. The Council's rationalization was, "If we did not send off the one thousand, they would ask for two thousand." In fact, not only the one thousand went, but the two thousand went, too. And not only the two thousand, but the council members went and their entire families went also.In the end, everyone from the ghettos was swept away.
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Moving Into The Lodz Ghetto |
Read a personal account.
It must be noted that in spite of the unbelievable ghetto conditions, Jewish life – to the extent that it could – went on. The Torah studies, circumcision, Shabbos and holiday observance – all still went on, in spite of the fact that getting caught could mean death.
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Deporting Children From The Lodz Ghetto |
(48) nrthshore , November 5, 2009
wow
i was doing a paper on ghettos and got this this is crazy never thought some stuff like thiss went on
(47) Nathan , May 23, 2009
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(44) Sophia , May 2, 2009
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