Why did the nazis keep the jews in the ghettos?

Answer 1

German authorities selected a populated neighborhood, one with many buildings and structures, and put a large fence around it. The fenced areas were large though, so there was plenty of space for a well amount of 5,000 Jews (more or less) to abide in. The only legal exit for a Jew from these fenced areas was by a train. SS were constantly patrolling the borders of the fence to make sure no Jews were to sneak out and escape to the publicity of the rest of the world.

Answer 2

Even though they knew they did not like the Jews, simply killing them was initially a bridge too far for many a nazi.

Their own Propaganda forced them to do something, even though most did not want to kill them outright. So they created ghettos.

In the course of 1941-1942, the plans for the final solution slowly took shape, and the ghettos were cleared, sending the Jews to their deaths in the concentration camps.

The nazis kept the Jews in ghettos because they did not want them mixing among the general population, but were initially hesitant to simply kill them on a large scale.

Answer 3

The SS soldiers who watched over the Jewish ghettos did not usually kill the Jews, they did, however, strip them of their possessions and, for most, their pride. For instance, the Jews would have to stand in line and, one by one, they would give the soldiers all of their precious metal and/or jewelry they had with them at the time, including silver or gold teeth.

It wasn't until the Jews were transfered to the concentration and/or extermination (death) camps that it was a brutal struggle for the Jews to stay alive.

Hope this helped.

Answer 4

As a holding place until they could be sent the Death Camps.

Answer 5

they put up walls, fences and gates (or rather had the Jews do it), then they stood guard outside.