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Jewish Life in Nazi Germany: Ghettos

- How life changed for Jews when the Nazis came to power (Boycotts, Nuremberg Laws, Kristallnacht) - Ghettos - Final solution - Life in the camps and liberation.

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's

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.

Ghetto: Warsaw Ghetto market. Image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 8 Feb. 2020. school.ebonline.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/186178. Accessed 2 Jun. 2020.

Warsaw Ghetto / Jews give themselves up. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/109_127393/1/109_127393/cite. Accessed 2 Jun 2020.

Jewish Ghetto. Photographer. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/115_2732338/1/115_2732338/cite. Accessed 2 Jun 2020.

Children in Warsaw ghetto / Photo / 1941. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/109_119178/1/109_119178/cite. Accessed 2 Jun 2020.

World war 2, residents of the warsaw ghetto on the way to a death camp, poland early 1940s.. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/300_277880/1/300_277880/cite. Accessed 2 Jun 2020.