jewish+warsaw+ghetto

 = Warsaw Ghettos = On October 12, 1940 the Germans ordered the creation of the Warsaw Ghetto. It required all Jewish citizens in Warsaw to move to a selected area. The Germans sealed off from the rest of Warsaw. The wall surrounding the ghetto was 10 feet high with barbed wire at the top. Their was about 380,000 Jews living together in an area of 1.3 square miles. They lived in apartments which could fit 7.2 people per room.

Many Jews struggled to survive with food. Food rationed and in 1941 and Germans said Jews only need 186 calories a day. They were forced to live on 180 grams of bread per day, 220 grams of sugar a month. The officially supplied rations did not cover even 10% of normal requirements. And between 1940-1942, about 100,000 Jews died of starvation and disease. Many people smuggled foods and medicines into the ghetto. The Germans did everything to seal off the ghetto and to not allow a single gram of food. Smuggling took place through the walls, through the gates, through underground tunnels, through sewers, and through house borders. They had to try and smuggle food or die.

Nazis like to amuse them selves and embarrass the Jews in public areas. Most Jewish men had beards that were big to them because it represented them. So nazis would cut them off. Or sometimes they would make Jews clean the concrete streets and sidewalks for no reason. You would grab a pail of water a rag and have to start cleaning. Even sometimes they would put on music and select a bunch of Jews to start dancing to it, while everybody surrounds them watching. During this nazis would laugh at them so the Jews know they were being humiliated. But the other residents watching basically stood motionless.

Today their buildings are adorned with pictures depicting the history, which is now a center for culture and education.