Summary 10 - Deportations and Ghettos Flashcards
Why did the Nazis create ghettos?
Ghettos were created in order to solve the problem of huge Jewish populations that were under German control due to their military conquests.
Which ghetto was the first to open?
Lodz ow
How many Jews lived in Lodz in February 1940?
320,000
Who was given the responsibility for the food, health, finance, accommodation and the registration of Jews in the ghettos?
The Jewish Council of Elders
What happened to the homes of Jews outside of the ghettos?
They were confiscated
Describe the living conditions inside the ghettos?
Many Jews were forced to work
Ghettos were overcrowded
Medicine and food supplies were restricted
Few homes had running water
Diseases such as typhus spread rapidly
What was the impact of the ghettos on the Jews?
Many Jews died from disease, exhaustion, starvation and violence.
An average room in a ghetto was shared by how many Jews?
6
How did the establishment of ghettos mark a shift in the aim of Nazi racial policy?
The aim of Nazi racial policy now allowed for the death of Jews through conditions in the ghettos, however some Jews were still viewed as useful for slave labour.
