Why were Ghettos Created? Holocaust Ghettos could be considered the most important part in Hitler’s plan to obliterate Europe’s Jews (Ghettos). …show more content…
The Nazis established hundreds of ghettos during the Holocaust, including nine major ones (Altman 9). The biggest ghetto was the Warsaw ghetto, and the smallest was practically unknown because there were so many of them (Altman 9). Ghettos usually only lasted about half a year, but some lasted even until the last days of the Holocaust, and the first days of liberation. All of these ghettos could have been one of three different types. These three types were the closed, open, the destruction ghetto (Ghettos). They were all miserable, but one type stood out to the people as the worst. One person even said, “Naturally, a closed ghetto was destined for doom, and an open one was only a half-catastrophe” (Zeinert 37). All of these ghettos, no matter the type or size, housed a different horror for the Jews of