Ghettos

Research Question

gHETTOS

• Open Ghettos
• Closed ghettos
• Destruction ghettos

Open ghettos

• No walls or fences
• restrictions on where you can go
• some lasted a few days, others months

Closed ghettos

• Enclosed by some type of wall or fence
• Wall/Fence covered in barbed wire
• Very unsanitary conditions
• Many diseases broke out

Warsaw ghetto

• Created October 12, 1940.
• enclosed by a wall that was over 10 feet high, topped with barbed wire
• Over 400,000 Jews
• Largest ghetto created
• 1.3 square miles, with an average of 7.2 persons per room.

Destruction Ghettos.
-Short lasting ghettos

Destruction ghettos

• Very little space
• Only allowed to take what they can carry
• Led to stealing 

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