Jewish

Life in the Jewish Ghettos

A Self Guided Exploration

Directions

• You will use the slides listed on the following slides to find the answers to the questions.

• Read through the short articles and examine the pictures.

• These questions give you a little more insight into the life the Jews lived within the Ghettos, before they were forced into the Concentration camps.

Websites for Research

• https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/the-camps/ghettos-an-overview/

• https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/daily-life-in-the-warsaw-ghetto

• https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/ghettos-in-poland?series=33

• https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/krakow-cracow

• https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/jewish-uprisings-in-ghettos-and-camps-1941-44?series=17

Open Ended

Where does the term Ghetto originate and who lived in them then?

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Why isolate the Jews into Ghettos, at least to the Nazi's?

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How many Jews lived in the two largest Polish cities: Warsaw and Krakow on the even of WW2?

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When were the Jews forced into the two Ghettos? How big were they and how many people lived in them?

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What are the 3 types of ghettos?

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Jews couldn't bring much into the Ghetto, How did many survive without jobs or money? How important was smuggling?

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What was the food, medicine, housing, and sanitation like?

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In Krakow, Warsaw, etc. resistance was attempted from small movements to large movements. How did they do this and were they successful?

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The Ghettos served a purpose until 1942, what was the Wannsse Conference?