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- Most ghettos were separated from the surrounding areas by high walls and barbed-wire fences, which were patrolled. Jews were not allowed outside the ghettos (unless they had a special pass, which was very seldom given). A few, smaller ghettos were not completely separated from the surrounding areas in the early stages and Jews were able to leave for an hour or two a day.
- In many ghettos the Jews were not allowed to have ordinary, legal tender money, only special ghetto money. So, even if they managed to get out, their money was worthless outside.
- In the case of the Warsaw Ghetto, there were several small workshops, which made goods that were smuggled out and bartered for food and materials for further batches of goods. Some of the smuggling was done by small children (under age 7). There was a cemetery where the Fencing was weak, and the hope was that the guards would think the kids were just playing some game ...
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What were living conditions like for the Jews?
Jews were forced into ghettos and often died from disease or lack of food
What were Jews allowed to do in the Warsaw ghettos?
Nothing really! It was poor and there was hardly no food!
How did non Jewish people resist ghettos?
Some Gentiles risked their lives by going into the ghettos and smuggling food or helping the Jews escape.
What would happen if Jews were caught smuggling food in ghettos?
They would be arrested or killed.
How and why were Ghettos built for the Jews?
The jews had all of the food and the money...german people were starving!....,now look at yhe middle east!
How were ghettos use in the holocaust?
Ghettos were blocked off sections of town where Jewish people were forced to live. Walls were built around the ghettos in order to keep the Jews inside. It was hard living in the ghettos. Food and personal space were scarce.
How did ghettos weaken the Jews?
There was very little food,or no food in the ghettos. There were also several diseases running rampant; most notably, typhoid fever. Also, because of the command structure, resistance movements were problematic. As the ghettos were run by the Jews themselves, and it was those who were in charge who had to enforce the decrees rendered by the Nazis, it was hard to know who to resist.
What hardships did Jews face in the warsw ghettos?
The main ones were a lack of; food, shelter, sanitation and work.
Why did the Jews agree to work as police in the ghettos?
The ghettos were communities for Jews, run by Jews, the Germans rarely entered. This was done for a few reasons; it meant that the measures and decrees that the Germans dictated to the ghettos had to be announced and implemented by the Jewish governing bodies (the Jewish councils) and any complaints or dissension had to be aimed at them. In order to not only deal with this, but to enforce normal law and order the ghettos had to have a police force. Not only did Jews agree to become policemen, it was perhaps the most desirable job in the ghetto. It meant a job, which meant food for them and their families.
What was the food like in World War 2 for the Jews?
the Jews got very little has there food. they got more than a peanut but they got less then 2,000 caleries. your bodie needs 3,000 caleries which means they were underfeed. some people actually died in the ghettos by not having enough food. plus the more people that got into the ghettos the less the people got to eat. :(
Where were Jews forced to live in Polish cities?
Soon after invading Poland in 1939 the Nazis established ghettos - that is, walled-off designated Jewish area - in the larger Polish cities. The largest ghettos in Poland were those in Warsaw, Lublin, Lodz and Krakow. Jews from other parts of these cities and also from surrounding areas were transported to these ghettos, which became desperately overcrowded. The Jews were cut off from the outside world and were completely dependent on the Nazis for food. Many Jews died of malnutrition and disease in the ghettos. Later the surviving Jews were taken to death camps and gassed.
What were the Nazis ghettos?
In Poland, Lithuania and some other areas they Jews were put into ghettos while the Nazis decided what to do with them.The ghettos were walled or fenced-in districts where Jews were forced to live under Nazi rule. The Jews in the ghettos were completely dependent on the Nazis for food, water and medication. The living conditions were appalling, and many died of starvation and disease. These communities were hopelessly overcrowded, as the Nazis kept on sending more and more Jews from surrounding areas into the ghettos. From early December 1941 on the Nazis sent Jews from the ghettos to extermination camps.There were over 500 ghettos scattered across Eastern Europe.---Ghetto is a very old word, going back to about 1600, for neighborhoods which were reserved for Jews. Depending on the time and place, and your point of view, you could say a ghetto was a place Jews were allowed to live or were forced to live. (In some parts of Europe, Jews were required by law to reside in a ghetto until about 1800, but they were opened by Napoleon).In World War II the Nazi restrictions on Jews were very severe. Jews were forced into ghettos and not allowed to leave, at all, for any purpose, except to be taken out and killed.Life in the ghettos was dehumanizing, to say the least. The living restrictions were arduous, people lived in overcrowded conditions, residents were forced to do hard labor, and many people were subjected to beatings and other cruel attrocities. In order to survive residents frequently engaged in so-called illegal activities, such as smuggling food, medicine, weapons and information across the ghetto walls.From November 1939 on the Nazis established ghettos, mainly in Eastern Europe - especially in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine and Belarus.Nazi ghettos during the Holocaust were separated from surrounding areas by fences, walls and guards. Conditions within these ghettos were harsh from the outset and deteriorated further ...Those who lived in these districts were forbidden to leave. The Jews in the Nazi ghettos were completely (or almost completely) dependent on the Germans for food, water, fuel and other essentials, and the amounts allowed in were grossly inadequate. In some ghettos, the inhabitants were able to establish small workshops. They had to smuggle in the raw materials and then smuggle out the finished products, which they bartered for food and further raw materials ...Every ghetto had a Nazi-nominated 'Jewish Council' or Judenrat which had to police it and distribute food. The initial attraction of this arrangement to Jews was that it was better than having the SS police the ghettos. However, it usually turned the Jewish Council into unwilling collaborators. Ultimately, the SS ordered the Jewish Councils to name people for deportation to extermination camps.Living conditions in the ghettos were atrocious. There was insufficient food and usually no medication. The ghettos were hopelessly overcrowded and fatal diseases were widespread. The dead were piled on the curbs and street corners to be buried in mass graves. Many went without proper clothing, food, or shelter. When the bodies were buried, the Nazis then dumped more Jews from other places in the ghettos.These ghettos were another way for the Germans to control of Jews when they didn't have the space for them in camps or the means to transport them. The ghettos were basically 'holding areas' for the Jews. These ghettos were then 'liquidated', starting in late 1941: this meant that the remaining Jews were shipped off to camps for extermination.In April 1943 some of the Jews still in the Warsaw Ghetto organized and armed themselves to fight the Germans and there was a uprising, which the Germans easily put down. There were also uprisings in the Vilnius and Bialystock ghettos.Well known, major Nazi ghettos included those in:WarsawLodzBialystockKrakowLemberg (Lvov, Lviv)VilniusThe ghetto in Sighet, Transylvania is well known because Elie Wiesel lived there.
