DEFINITION: GHETTO
Quarter of a city where minority group members live because of poverty or social pressure; in medieval times an urban section where Jews traditionally were required to live; segregation of Jews in ghetto made enforceable by law under Pope Paul IV in Rome 1555; was gradually abolished in 19th century, but reestablished by Nazis during World War II.
(Source: Britannica School Online, https://school.ebonline.com/levels/middle/article/Ghetto/311402)
Jewish ghetto in Germany, 1933-1940, Germany - World War II, Paris. Bibliothèque nationale. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/170_2993578/1/170_2993578/cite. Accessed 1 Jun 2020.
