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The Germans established at least 1,000 ghettos in German-occupied and annexed Poland and the Soviet Union alone. There were three types of ghettos: closed ghettos, open ghettos, and destruction ghettos.
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In 1940, this brick wall was built sealing the Warsaw ghetto off from the rest of the city. Approximately 138,000 Jews were herded into this ghetto while 113,000 Poles were evacuated from this section of the city.
Photo credit: Meczenstwo Walka, Zaglada Zydów Polsce 1939-1945. Poland. No. 74.

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The Lvov ghetto, shown here in the spring of 1942,was established in late 1941 with 106,000 people.
​By May of 1942, only 84,000 residents were left. 

Photo credit: Meczenstwo Walka, Zaglada Zydów Polsce 1939-1945. Poland. No. 107.

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In order to wipe out the Jews of Krakow, the Germans chose a most symbolic site – the new Jewish cemetery on the outskirts of the city, in the suburb of Plaszow. There huts were constructed in desecration of the freshly-dug graves and a sign was hung up ‘Arbeitslager’ (Labour Camp). 

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  • Other Resources
    • Yad Vashem
    • Ushmm
    • Simon Weisenthal Center
    • I Witness
    • Survivor Testimony UNLV
  • List of books about life before the Holocaust
  • Other Victims
  • Stand Up Against Hate
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