Large Nazi ghettos in which Jews were confined existed across the continent. These ghettos were liquidated as
Holocaust transports delivered their helpless victims to concentration and
extermination camps built by Nazi Germany in
occupied Poland.[1]
Following the 1939
Invasion of Poland, the new ghetto system had been imposed by Nazi Germany roughly between October 1939 and July 1942 in order to confine
Poland's
Jewish population of 3.5 million for the purpose of persecution, terror, and exploitation.[3] The
Warsaw Ghetto was the largest ghetto in all of Nazi occupied Europe, with over 400,000 Jews crammed into an area of 3.4 square kilometres (1+3⁄8 square miles), or 7.2 persons per room.[4] The
Łódź Ghetto was the second largest, holding about 160,000 inmates.[5]
A more complete list of over 270 ghettos with an approximate number of prisoners, dates of creation and liquidation, as well as known deportation routes to
extermination camps, is available at
Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Poland. Below, selected Nazi German designations are listed.
Zlynka Ghetto, Military Administration in the Soviet Union (now Russia)
Ghettos outside Europe
Shanghai Ghetto (1937-1941, less restriction over Jews by Japanese) (1941-1945) Japanese forced 16,000 Jews into a one square mile ghetto, where they were often the victims of air raids by the U.S.' 7th Air Force, and often had no running water, no bathroom, heavy rations, and it was not uncommon for 30-40 people to sleep in the same room. [7]
Spector, Shmuel; Wigoder, Geoffrey, eds. (2001). The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust. New York: New York University Press.
ISBN978-0814793565.
Large Nazi ghettos in which Jews were confined existed across the continent. These ghettos were liquidated as
Holocaust transports delivered their helpless victims to concentration and
extermination camps built by Nazi Germany in
occupied Poland.[1]
Following the 1939
Invasion of Poland, the new ghetto system had been imposed by Nazi Germany roughly between October 1939 and July 1942 in order to confine
Poland's
Jewish population of 3.5 million for the purpose of persecution, terror, and exploitation.[3] The
Warsaw Ghetto was the largest ghetto in all of Nazi occupied Europe, with over 400,000 Jews crammed into an area of 3.4 square kilometres (1+3⁄8 square miles), or 7.2 persons per room.[4] The
Łódź Ghetto was the second largest, holding about 160,000 inmates.[5]
A more complete list of over 270 ghettos with an approximate number of prisoners, dates of creation and liquidation, as well as known deportation routes to
extermination camps, is available at
Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Poland. Below, selected Nazi German designations are listed.
Zlynka Ghetto, Military Administration in the Soviet Union (now Russia)
Ghettos outside Europe
Shanghai Ghetto (1937-1941, less restriction over Jews by Japanese) (1941-1945) Japanese forced 16,000 Jews into a one square mile ghetto, where they were often the victims of air raids by the U.S.' 7th Air Force, and often had no running water, no bathroom, heavy rations, and it was not uncommon for 30-40 people to sleep in the same room. [7]
Spector, Shmuel; Wigoder, Geoffrey, eds. (2001). The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust. New York: New York University Press.
ISBN978-0814793565.