Ghettos
For Anyone
“Ghettos” in USHMM’s Holocaust Encyclopedia
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum provides an overview of ghettos in Nazi Germany, survivor testimony, and other resources.
“The Jewish Ghettos: Separated from the World”
by Facing History & Ourselves
“Read diary entries from a girl who lived in the Łódź ghetto, and learn the history of Jewish ghettos in Poland.”
“Theresienstadt” in USHMM’s Holocaust Encyclopedia
This resource provides information on the Theresienstadt “camp-ghetto,” including the elaborate measures that were taken to disguise conditions in the ghetto during an inspection by the Danish Red Cross and the International Red Cross in 1944.
“The Ghettos” by Yad Vashem
This resource provides information on daily life in the ghettos, as well as details on the Łódź, Warsaw, and Theresienstadt ghettos.
“The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Campaign” by POLIN Museum
This page provides a range of resources on learning, teaching, and commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
For Educators
Echoes & Reflections Lesson Plan
“This unit provides students with an opportunity to learn about the ghettos established throughout Nazi Europe and understand that the ghettos were one phase in the continuum of Nazi racial policies that sought to solve the so-called “Jewish problem.” Students investigate the conditions in ghettos and how those conditions severely limited Jewish life and led to immense suffering. Using primary source material, students discover that despite severe overcrowding, starvation, disease, and grief, Jews still did their utmost to conduct their lives and retain their human dignity.”
Facing History & Ourselves Lesson Plan
Confronting the Suffering Caused by the Nazis
“Students use journaling and group discussion to respond to emotionally-challenging diary entries of a Jewish teenager confined in a Nazi ghetto.”