Explore: Ghettos

diaspora. Jewish quarters, like the Jewish ghettos in Europe, were often the outgrowths of segregated ghettos instituted by the surrounding authorities

were several distinct types including open ghettos, closed ghettos, work, transit, and destruction ghettos, as defined by Holocaust historians. In a number

businesses. When Jews were forced into ghettos, they lost their homes and belongings. The first Nazi ghettos were established in the Wartheland and General

demographics into remaining in ghettos. The "deindustrialization" of minorities and the lower class Americans also contributed to ghettos forming in inner cities

Ghettos were established by Nazi Germany in hundreds of locations across occupied Poland after the German invasion of Poland. Most ghettos were established

District in Warsaw'; Polish: getto warszawskie) was the largest of the Nazi ghettos during World War II and the Holocaust. It was established in November 1940

were confined to ghettos and placed under strict regulations as well as restrictions in many European cities. The character of ghettos fluctuated over

Eastern and Western Europe. Large Nazi ghettos in which Jews were confined existed across the continent. These ghettos were liquidated as Holocaust transports

occupied Poland, the Germans created hundreds of ghettos in which they forced the Jews to live. The new ghettos were part of the German official policy of removing

areas, open ghettos and destruction ghettos existed. Movement in and out of the ghetto was restricted and Jews working outside of the ghetto had to have