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=When did Ghettos start? By Brandon Atkins=

The First ghetto was started in the 1516. This was the name for a Jewish quarter that was only for the Jewish people. This happened because of the major ruling in these countries:Frankfurt, Rome and Prague.

Then during WWII the ghettos were closed off city districts that were often run down and in poor conditions, in which the Germans forced the Jews into. Ghettos were meant to keep the Jews away from the non Jews. The Germans had put in at least 1,000 ghettos in German occupied. The first ghetto in Poland was established in October 1939.The largest ghetto was in Poland the Warsaw ghetto. ([|"Ghettos"])

There were three types of ghettos. There were closed ghettos, [|open ghettos] and destruction ghettos. The [|closed Ghettos] had walls and fences to keep the Jews and the others traped within the walls, and the living conditions were often unsanitary, most people died due to starvation and chronic shortages, severe winter weather and lack of heat. The open ghettos had no walls or fences but there were still restrictions on where or people can leave and go. These ghettos weren't nearly as popular as the other two types of ghettos. The [|destruction ghettos] were extremely tight and entrance was limited. The Jews were often concentrated inside the ghettos and were there for two to six weeks. The destruction ghetto was then either blown up or they were deported to another ghetto. ("[|Types of Ghettos]")