Jewish Ghettos: 1939 - 1945

By Matt.M

  • Jewish Seperation

    On the 23rd of November, 1939, Hitler declared that all Jewish people were to have a Star of David pinned to their clothes for identification of their religion. This was when the ghettos were started to be built.

  • First Jewish Ghetto

    First Jewish Ghetto
    The first Jewish ghetto was established in Lodz, Poland on the 8th of Feburary, 1940, witth the population of approximately 155'000 Jews.

  • Bloody Tuesday

    The day where thousands of Jewish people were slaughtered.

  • Warsaw Ghetto was established

    This is the major ghetto, were endless amounts of Jews were crammed together to live whilst they wait for that fatal trip to the concentration camps.

  • Warsaw Ghetto Sealed

    More than 400,000 Jews are sealed off from the rest of the city. The walls surrounding the ghetto are now 11 miles in circumference, from 10 to 20 feet high, and topped with glass and barbed wire.

  • Soviet-German War Begins

    Nazi Germany occupies the remainder of Poland when it invades the Soviet Union in June 1941.

  • Expansion of Ghettos

    Many of the ghetto dwellers were from the local area. Others were from neighboring villages. In October 1941, general deportations began from Germany to major ghettos in Poland and further east. Also, Jews from Austria and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia were sent to the ghettos.

  • America Declares War on Germany

    Roosevelt states, “Never before has there been a greater challenge to life, liberty, and civilization.”

  • First four mass deporations to Treblinka

    In four phases from July 22 to September 1942, more than 265,000 Jews are forced to the Umshlagplatz (deportation point) in the ghetto, delivered to the “forced labor” camp of Treblinka in crowded freight trains, and murdered in the gas chambers.

  • First of Four Mass Deportations to Treblinka

    n four phases from July 22 to September 1942, more than 265,000 Jews are forced to the Umshlagplatz (deportation point) in the ghetto, delivered to the “forced labor” camp of Treblinka in crowded freight trains, and murdered in the gas chambers.

  • Final Phase of Mass Deportation

    The mass deportation enters its final phase. Between July and September 1942, the Germans deport at least 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto.