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| Where was the first ghetto? | In the Jewish quarter of Venice, Italy |
| What is the difference between an open and a closed ghetto? | In an open ghetto, the Jews were permitted to go back and forth |
| What happened to all property that was abandoned when the Jews moved into the ghettos? | It was confiscated |
| What was life like in the ghettos? | There was severe overcrowding, hunger, disease, and dispair. |
| What was the greatest danger during the early years of the ghettos? | starvation |
| What was the most dreaded disease in the ghettos? | typhus |
| How did the Jews try and keep life as normal as possible? | They continued to hold school and religious services, even when they were outlawed. Their cultural life continued with theater, music, poetry and art. |
| this was the name given to the Jewish Council | The Judenraete or Judenrat |
| What was the purpose of the Judenrat? | To carry out all Nazi orders. |
| Who was Emmanuel Ringelblum? | He was a university trained historian who painstakingly documented ghetto life. He believed that the historical records of a doomed community must be preserved. |
| In which ghetto did they try to save Jewish people by becoming indispensable to the Germans through work? | Lodz Ghetto |
| What are ghetto chronicles? | documenting the story of the ghettos. |
| Why were the ghettos emptied? | The Germans decided it was taking too long to let the Jews die of disease and starvation, they must find another method. |
| These were called Jewish residential quarters. | ghettos |
| What was the largest ghetto? | Warsaw |
| What was life like in the ghetto? | goods and property were confiscated, they were crowded, greatest danger was starvation, lots of disease and serious health problems, dead bodies left on the streets, some resorted to smuggling in food. People fought over raw potatoes. Many continued to hold school and religious services. Survival was a daily challenge. |
| This was considered the model ghetto. It was beautified for the Red Cross to come in and Hitler used it as a propaganda opportunity. | Theresienstat or Terazin |
