Everyday Life in the Ghettos

What was it like for the Jewish people who were forced into ghettos by the Nazis?

The Jewish people were herded together like cattle and forced into areas ill equipped to handle the large numbers of people required to live there.  The conditions were unimaginable and very soon disease and starvation were rampant.

Related Articles

More From Shoah

Italy and the Holocaust

The story of how Elizabeth Bettina's grandparents' small village in Campagna, Italy helped save…
Italy and the Holocaust

Syndrome K

In the fall of 1943, German soldiers in Italy began rounding up Italian Jews and deporting…
Syndrome K

Sir Nicholas Winton

Man saves hundreds, and now unknowingly is sitting among them.
Sir Nicholas Winton

It's the Right Thing to Do

Abhorred by the actions of the Nazis, one leader in a distant southwestern Asian archipelago…
It's the Right Thing to Do

Why the Holocaust Was Possible

Contrary to the views of some authors, anti-Semitism alone was not responsible for the…
Why the Holocaust Was Possible

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Between July 22 and September 12, 1942, the German authorities deported or murdered around…
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Holocaust Glossary

The following is intended to provide a frame of reference for discussion. Anti-Semitism…
Holocaust Glossary

Publish the Menu module to "offcanvas" position. Here you can publish other modules as well.
Learn More.


donation