Why Do Jews Move Into Ghettos?

During the Holocaust, the Jews were forced to move into ghettos. Ghettos were sections of the city that were separate from the rest of it (Ayer 86). These ghettos were meant to be temporary homes for Jews until they were deported to concentration camps (Yeatts 122). Some ghettos would only last days or weeks, and some would last for years (Ghettos). The Jews were moved into the ghettos at separate times. The first ghetto was established on September 21, 1939 (Rice 54). The ghetto was placed in Poland (Ghettos). A very famous ghetto was the Warsaw ghetto. It was established in October of 1940 (Blohm 10). This was the largest ghetto during the Holocaust. About 400,000 Jews lived in the 1.3 square mile place. Some Jews that lived in the ghettos, died of disease, starvation, or were shot by Nazi soldiers (Ghettos).
The German authority wanted to take control of the Jewish population by extermination (Ghettos). The ghettos were started by the German authority in Poland (Blohm 10). People have referred to these ghettos as “dehumanizing environments” (Blohm 33). After the Jews were moved into the ghettos, the next step was to move them into the concentration camps (Yeatts 122). These camps were run by the Nazis (Ayer 86). The first camp was opened in 1933 (Yeatts 12). After that, came many more. Auschwitz, a very famous concentration camp, was opened in March of 1942 (Rice 9). By 1937, only 4 camps remained (Concentration). In the concentration camps, most of the people died. The most common causes of death were starvation, disease, or murder. The people in the camps were treated as slaves to the Nazis (Ayer 86). The camps were all over Europe, including 6 camps that were built in Poland (Yeatts