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It was a way to ensure employment, this also meant food for them and their families.
The ghetto police was a very sought after position, as such it was largely comprised of richer, or the children of richer people. Or upper class and more influential people. The ghetto police also would be more likely comprised of those who were sent to the ghettos earlier.
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Why were Jews put in ghettos?
To keep them apart from the rest of society. Hitler's vision of an ideal society saw no place for Jews (and some other groups).
How did the Jews find out they were going to ghettos?
There were signs posted all over the local areas. Some Jews reacted by going into hiding, some left for Switzerland and other places they could get to.
What is the diffrence between a jewish ghetto and a nazi ghetto?
The term "Nazi ghetto" is misleading. Nazis were not placed in a ghetto, but rather this is a term to refer to the "ghettos for Jews built by the Nazis" in comparison to the historic Jewish ghettos throughout Europe.One of the fundamental differences between Jewish ghettos prior to the 19th century and those instituted by the Nazis was the size. The Nazi ghettos were larger in physical area, but denser in terms of population (because Jews from the countryside were pushed into the city ghettos).A more noticeable difference was that the Nazi ghettos were completely sealed off from the rest of the city. While historic ghettos sometimes had curfews, during the day Jews could usually leave, do business, and generally interact with Non-Jews. Since the point of the Nazi ghettos was to quarantine the Jews from the rest of the population, they were unable to ever leave the ghetto. Concrete Walls and fences were erected in order to lock the Jews in and these were monitored by Nazi German soldiers.Another difference was the leadership structure of the ghetto. The historic ghettos were given license by the Christian Kings to self-organize as long as they paid taxes and punished crimes perpetrated against Christians. This meant that the Kahal (Board of Trustees of the Jewish Community) made laws and helped organize the area. In the Nazi ghettos, the Nazis created a mockery of the Kahal called the Judenrat which was a council of Jews responsible for implementing Nazi policy within the ghetto and submitting lists of names for deportation to the Death Camps. The lack of Jewish autonomy and set up for the Holocaust are also key differences.
How where Jews forced to live in ghettos?
They were evicted from their dwellings and told that they had housing in the ghettos. By 1941 any Jew not in a ghetto (or camp) in German controlled territory would most likely have been shot. (as that was easier than arranging transport to a ghetto, or camp)
Explain the purpose of the ghettos?
In many towns and cities Jews in Europe were required by law to live in the ghetto. The main purpose of this was to keep them under supervision. When outside the ghetto they had to wear a yellow Star of David on their outermost clothing. In places where there was mob violence against Jews, the ghetto to some extent provided protection. When ghettos were dissolved from the late 1790s onwards, most Jews who could do so moved out. In many cases the boundaries of the ghettos hadn't been extended for centuries, and the places had become very crowded and had often become slums. When the Nazis reintroduced ghettos from 1939-41 onwards the aim was to keep the Jews under close supervision and to reduce the Jewish population by starvation and disease. They ghettos were also close to railway stations ...
Some Jews agreed to work as police in the ghettos?
Being a policeman in the ghetto was a sought after job.
How did Jews communicate in the ghettos?
Some jews communicated in the ghettos by communicating in the rooms or whisperd across the rooms where the jews were in and some jews knocked on the walls as a message e.g. 1 knock means A 2 knocks mean B 3 knocks mean C etc..
Why would some Jews stay in a Ghettos when they could have escaped?
they had nowhere to go.
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.
How did the Germans make the Jews live in ghettos?
In towns in Nazi-occupied Poland and some other countries, an area was designated as the ghetto. All Jews were ordered into that area by a certain date, and all new-Jews were ordered to leave. The ghetto was enclosed by high walls and the perimeter was patrolled. Some Jews in big cities knew that the ghetto was a death-trap and fled if they could. On the whole, though, the Jews did as they were told.
Why were Jews put in ghettos?
To keep them apart from the rest of society. Hitler's vision of an ideal society saw no place for Jews (and some other groups).
How did the Jews find out they were going to ghettos?
There were signs posted all over the local areas. Some Jews reacted by going into hiding, some left for Switzerland and other places they could get to.
Are there still Jewish ghettos?
No. Let us note for clarification that a ghetto is not simply a Jewish neighborhood (as Jews might organize for themselves), but a neighborhood where Jews are legally mandated to live by the government authorities and will likely have laws, walls, and curfews designed to keep Jews distinct from the Non-Jewish population.Jews lived in ghettos throughout Europe and the Arab World for centuries prior to World War II. (The ghettoization under the Nazis was unique because it forced Jews that had been emancipated, i.e. let out of the ghettos, to be forced back in.) In Europe, after the Holocaust, it became politically untenable to put Jews into ghettos again. In the Arab World, Jews were in a state of quasi-emancipation, where some were in ghettos and others were not. However, there were mass emigrations of Jews from the Arab World to Israel and other Western countries which effectively emptied the Arab World ghettos since the entire population departed. New World countries (especially the United States) and Israel never had ghettos to start with, so they never had to disappear.
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.
What is the diffrence between a jewish ghetto and a nazi ghetto?
The term "Nazi ghetto" is misleading. Nazis were not placed in a ghetto, but rather this is a term to refer to the "ghettos for Jews built by the Nazis" in comparison to the historic Jewish ghettos throughout Europe.One of the fundamental differences between Jewish ghettos prior to the 19th century and those instituted by the Nazis was the size. The Nazi ghettos were larger in physical area, but denser in terms of population (because Jews from the countryside were pushed into the city ghettos).A more noticeable difference was that the Nazi ghettos were completely sealed off from the rest of the city. While historic ghettos sometimes had curfews, during the day Jews could usually leave, do business, and generally interact with Non-Jews. Since the point of the Nazi ghettos was to quarantine the Jews from the rest of the population, they were unable to ever leave the ghetto. Concrete Walls and fences were erected in order to lock the Jews in and these were monitored by Nazi German soldiers.Another difference was the leadership structure of the ghetto. The historic ghettos were given license by the Christian Kings to self-organize as long as they paid taxes and punished crimes perpetrated against Christians. This meant that the Kahal (Board of Trustees of the Jewish Community) made laws and helped organize the area. In the Nazi ghettos, the Nazis created a mockery of the Kahal called the Judenrat which was a council of Jews responsible for implementing Nazi policy within the ghetto and submitting lists of names for deportation to the Death Camps. The lack of Jewish autonomy and set up for the Holocaust are also key differences.
Why were some people able to walk the streets of the Warsaw ghetto?
Jews were allowed to walk around within the ghettos. Is there anything surprising about that?
What was the role of the Jews in the Holocaust?
They were the victims, persecuted and killed by the Germans. They were held in ghettos and camps; some were shot to death and many were gassed.
