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During World War II the Nazis created Jewish ghettos for the purpose of isolating, exploiting and finally eradicating Jewish population (and sometimes Romani people) on territories they controlled. Most of the ghettos were set up by the Third Reich in the course of World War II.
The creation of ghettos during World War II was a key part of Nazi plans to brutally persecute, separate, and eventually liquidate Europe’s Jewish population.
Ghettos were established by Nazi Germany in hundreds of locations across occupied Poland after the German invasion of Poland. [1] [2] [3] Most ghettos were established between October 1939 and July 1942 in order to confine and segregate Poland's Jewish population of about 3.5
Some Jews, coming from a variety of different prewar organizations, prepared for armed struggle against their Nazi enemies, culminating with the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in April and May 1943, the largest and most consequential Jewish revolt against the Nazis of World War II.
Beginning with the invasion of Poland during World War II, the Nazi regime set up ghettos across German-occupied Eastern Europe in order to segregate and confine Jews, and sometimes Romani people, into small sections of towns and cities furthering their exploitation.
During World War II, the Nazis established more than 400 ghettos in order to isolate Jews from the non-Jewish population and from neighboring Jewish communities. The Germans regarded the establishment of ghettos as a provisional measure to control and segregate Jews.
After World War Two started in September 1939, the Nazis initially moved east, invading Poland, Hungary and the Soviet Union. This brought millions of Jewish people under their control.
