The Jewish have attempted to carve out a place for themselves in the world for a long time. It’s not surprising that other countries wouldn't be too kind or generous but, during the holocaust Germany took new extreme measures to cleanse their land from the Jewish community. For Germany forming ghettos was a key step in exterminating Jews. The ghettos were set up to segregate Jews from the rest of the population. Originally designed to be temporary some lasted a few days ,others a few weeks and others a few years. There were 3 forms of ghettos: closed ghettos. Open ghettos and destruction ghettos. Most were closed ghettos kept isolated and where residents lived in miserable conditions. There was at least 1,000 ghettos established in Germany, annexed Poland and the soviet union.
The first ghetto was established by German authorities in Poland in a town called Piotrków Trybunalski sometime in october 1939. Ghettoization did not begin in Hungary until the spring of 1944 after the German invasion and occupation. Nearly 440,000 Jews from all over Hungary were concentrated in less than 3 months. The Hungarian Jews were forced into short term destruction ghettos but, were soon handed over to the custody of the Germans who sent most of them to killing centers. In the town of Warsaw, the largest ghetto was formed in Poland, more than 400,000 people were crammed into only 1.3 miles. Tens of thousands of Jews were also deported to the east. Ghettoized Jews were ordered to wear identifying badges or armbands and many were required to carry out forced labor for the German reich. Nazis appointed Jewish councils for administered daily life and a ghetto police force to enforced the orders of the German authorities and the ordinances of the Jewish councils. Which included facilitating deportations to killing centers. Jewish police officials, like Jewish council members served at the whim of the German authorities and the Germans did not hesitate to kill those who were suspected to have failed to carry out orders.
Any resistance efforts were met with harsh punishment. Yet ghetto residents frequently smuggled food, medicine, weapons and intelligence across the ghetto walls. Many of these activities took place without the knowledge or approval of the jewish councils. still , come jewish councils or individual council members tolerated or encouraged the smuggling because the goods were necessary for the residents to survive.
In many places ghettoization lasted a short time.The Germans saw the ghettos as a provisional measure to control and segregate Jews while the Nazi leadership in Berlin deliberated upon options for the removal of the Jewish population. The Final Solution, the plan to murder all Jews, was implemented in late 1941 and the Germans started systematically destroying the ghettos. The German auxiliaries either shot ghetto residents, putting them in mass graves, or deported them to killing centers. German SS and police authorities also deported a small minority of Jews from ghettos to forced-labor camps and concentration camps. In August 1947, German ss and police completed the destruction of the last major ghetto, in Lodz.
The first ghetto was established by German authorities in Poland in a town called Piotrków Trybunalski sometime in october 1939. Ghettoization did not begin in Hungary until the spring of 1944 after the German invasion and occupation. Nearly 440,000 Jews from all over Hungary were concentrated in less than 3 months. The Hungarian Jews were forced into short term destruction ghettos but, were soon handed over to the custody of the Germans who sent most of them to killing centers. In the town of Warsaw, the largest ghetto was formed in Poland, more than 400,000 people were crammed into only 1.3 miles. Tens of thousands of Jews were also deported to the east. Ghettoized Jews were ordered to wear identifying badges or armbands and many were required to carry out forced labor for the German reich. Nazis appointed Jewish councils for administered daily life and a ghetto police force to enforced the orders of the German authorities and the ordinances of the Jewish councils. Which included facilitating deportations to killing centers. Jewish police officials, like Jewish council members served at the whim of the German authorities and the Germans did not hesitate to kill those who were suspected to have failed to carry out orders.
Any resistance efforts were met with harsh punishment. Yet ghetto residents frequently smuggled food, medicine, weapons and intelligence across the ghetto walls. Many of these activities took place without the knowledge or approval of the jewish councils. still , come jewish councils or individual council members tolerated or encouraged the smuggling because the goods were necessary for the residents to survive.
In many places ghettoization lasted a short time.The Germans saw the ghettos as a provisional measure to control and segregate Jews while the Nazi leadership in Berlin deliberated upon options for the removal of the Jewish population. The Final Solution, the plan to murder all Jews, was implemented in late 1941 and the Germans started systematically destroying the ghettos. The German auxiliaries either shot ghetto residents, putting them in mass graves, or deported them to killing centers. German SS and police authorities also deported a small minority of Jews from ghettos to forced-labor camps and concentration camps. In August 1947, German ss and police completed the destruction of the last major ghetto, in Lodz.