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How were Ghettos organized? By Mary Fried
There were three [|types] of ghettos: closed ghettos, open ghettos, and destruction ghettos. Barbed wire, fences or walls closed off Closed ghettos. Closed Ghettos were mainly located in Poland and the Soviet Union because they were both occupied by Jews haters. Jews were forced by the German to live in surrounding areas that were part of the closed ghettos. This caused sanitation problems for the Jews living in these Ghettos because so many people were crammed in such a small living space. Most people living in Ghettos suffered from constant illness and many died because of starvation, shortages of necessities, harsh weather conditions (especially in the winter), improper house heating systems and being deprived of public services when they needed help. Most people lived in this type of Ghetto. Ghettos with no fences or walls were called Open Ghettos. This was different than closed Ghettos because they didn’t use wire or gates, but there were restrictions for leaving and entering the Ghetto. These existed in German-occupied Poland and the occupied Soviet Union, as well as in Transnistria, that province of Ukraine occupied and administrated by Romanian authorities. Ghettos that lead to irrevokable death were called Destruction Ghettos. Destruction Ghettos only lasted for two to six weeks. After the weeks were up, the Nazis, or collaborators would deport or shoot the Jews in a Destruction Ghetto. Destruction Ghettos wee tightly sealed off. These existed in German-occupied Soviet Union (especially in Lithuania and the Ukraine), as well as Hungary. (All info from the "Ghettos" )