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Ghettos
The nazis established the the Warsaw ghetto in 1940. all of Warsaws Jewish residence were forced to live in anatea covering just 1.3 square miles.
Before the German invasion of Poland on sept. 1 1939, more than 350,000 Jews lived in Warsaw. It was the largest Jew community.
A wall topped with barbed wire surrounded the ghetto. Armed guards patrolled the wall. Food and medicine supplies were scarce in the ghetto.
Tens of thousands of people died from disease, starvation and other causes.
In July, 1942, German troops began removing Jews from the ghetto. Most were sent to death camos and killed. By september, just 70,00 remained.
Nazi Germany revived the practice of forcing Jews to live in ghettos during world war ||.
The ghetto in Warsaw was the largest of many set up by Germany throughout eastern Europe.
Several thousand Jews who had escaped the ghetto continue to resist with underground groups.
Today, about 90% of Warsaws prewar Jewish population died during world war ||
Many monuments and memorials stand throughout the site of a former ghetto.