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Jews carrying bundles of possessions before their deportation from the Kovno ghetto. [LCID: 10687]

What Were Ghettos During the Holocaust?

During the Holocaust, the Nazis and their allies imprisoned millions of Jews in ghettos. Ghettos were areas of cities or towns where authorities forced Jews to live in miserable conditions separated from the non-Jewish population. The creation of ghettos was a key step in the Nazi process of brutally segregating, persecuting, and ultimately destroying Europe's Jews.