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) on territories they controlled. Most of the ghettos were set up by the

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. In total, according to USHMM archives, "The Germans established at least 1,000 ghettos in German-occupied and annexed Poland and

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Large Nazi ghettos in which Jews were confined existed across the continent. These ghettos were liquidated as Holocaust transports delivered their helpless victims to concentration and

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built by Nazi Germany in

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German-occupied Poland

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, the new ghetto system had been imposed by Nazi Germany roughly between October 1939 and July 1942 in order to confine

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Museum of the History of the Polish Jews POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews ( pl, Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich) is a museum on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto. The Hebrew word ''Polin'' in the museum's English name means either "Poland" or "rest here" and relates to a ...

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Warsaw Ghetto The Warsaw Ghetto (german: Warschauer Ghetto, officially , "Jewish Residential District in Warsaw"; pl, getto warszawskie) was the largest of the Nazi ghettos during World War II and the Holocaust. It was established in November 1940 by the G ...

was the largest ghetto in all of Nazi occupied Europe, with over 400,000 Jews crammed into an area of , or 7.2 persons per room.Warsaw Ghetto

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Łódź Ghetto The Łódź Ghetto or Litzmannstadt Ghetto (after the Nazi German name for Łódź) was a Nazi ghetto established by the German authorities for Polish Jews and Roma following the Invasion of Poland. It was the second-largest ghetto in all of ...

was the second largest, holding about 160,000 inmates.Ghettos

A more complete list of over 270 ghettos with an approximate number of prisoners, dates of creation and liquidation, as well as known deportation routes to

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Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Poland Ghettos were established by Nazi Germany in hundreds of locations across occupied Poland after the German invasion of Poland. Yitzhak Arad, ''Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka.'' Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis, 1987.''Biuletyn ...

. Below, selected Nazi German designations are listed. * Baranowicz Ghetto, today Belarus *

Będzin Ghetto The Będzin Ghetto (a.k.a. the Bendzin Ghetto, yi, בענדינער געטאָ, Bendiner geto; german: Ghetto von Bendsburg) was a Ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe, World War II ghetto set up by Nazi Germany for History of the Jews in Poland, the ...

, site of Będzin Ghetto Uprising * Białystok Ghetto, site of Białystok Ghetto uprising *

Borshchiv Ghetto Borshchiv Ghetto was a Jewish ghetto established and operated by Nazi Germany in the Ukrainian town of Borshchiv in April 1942. Ghetto history The ghetto was formed in Borshchiv on 1 April 1942 and operated until July 1943. The number of inh ...

, today Ukraine * Brześć (Brest-Litovsk) Ghetto, today Belarus *

Buczacz Buchach ( uk, Бучач; pl, Buczacz; yi, בעטשאָטש, Betshotsh or (Bitshotsh); he, בוצ'אץ' ''Buch'ach''; german: Butschatsch; tr, Bucaş) is a city located on the Strypa River (a tributary of the Dniester) in Chortkiv Raion of T ...

Ghetto, today Ukraine * Częstochowa Ghetto, site of Częstochowa Ghetto uprising *

Czortków Chortkiv ( uk, Чортків; pl, Czortków; yi, ''Chortkov'') is a city in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chortkiv Raion (district), housing the district's local admini ...

Ghetto, today Ukraine * Drohobycz Ghetto, today Ukraine *

Grodno Ghetto The Grodno Ghetto ( pl, getto w Grodnie, be, Гродзенскае гета, he, גטו גרודנו) was a Nazi ghetto established in November 1941 by Nazi Germany in the city of Grodno for the purpose of persecution and exploitation of Je ...

, today Belarus *

Izbica Ghetto The Izbica ghetto was a Jewish ghetto created by Nazi Germany in Izbica in occupied Poland during World War II, serving as a transfer point for deportation of Jews from Poland, Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia to Bełżec and Sobibór ext ...

Kielce Ghetto The Kielce Ghetto ( pl, getto w Kielcach, german: Ghetto von Kielce) was a Jewish World War II ghetto created in 1941 by the ''Schutzstaffel'' (''SS'') in the Polish city of Kielce in the south-western region of the Second Polish Republic, occup ...

* Kolomyja Ghetto, today Ukraine *

Kostopol Kostopil ( uk, Косто́піль, pl, Kostopol) is a small city, originally named Ostlec Wielki or Ostaltsi, on the Zamchysko river in Rivne Oblast of western Ukraine (historical Volhynia). It was the administrative center of the Kosto ...

Ghetto, today Ukraine * Kraków (Krakau) Ghetto *

Łachwa Ghetto Łachwa (or Lakhva) Ghetto was a Nazi ghetto in Western Belarus during World War II. Located in Lakhva, Belarus), the ghetto was created with the aim of persecution and exploitation of the local Jews. The ghetto existed until September 1942 ...

, site of Łachwa Ghetto uprising, today Belarus *

Lida Lida ( be, Лі́да ; russian: Ли́да ; lt, Lyda; lv, Ļida; pl, Lida ; yi, לידע, Lyde) is a city 168 km (104 mi) west of Minsk in western Belarus in Grodno Region. Etymology The name ''Lida'' arises from its Lithu ...

Ghetto, today Belarus * Łódź (Litzmannstadt) Ghetto *

Łomża Ghetto The Łomża Ghetto was a Nazi ghetto created by on 12 August 1941 in Łomża, Poland; for the purpose of persecution of Polish Jews. Two months after Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, the Jews were ordered to move there in a ...

* Lubartów Ghetto *

Lublin Ghetto The Lublin Ghetto was a World War II ghetto created by Nazi Germany in the city of Lublin on the territory of General Government in occupied Poland. The ghetto inmates were mostly Polish Jews, although a number of Roma were also brought in.Do ...

Łuck Ghetto The Lutsk Ghetto ( pl, getto w Łucku, german: Ghetto Luzk) was a Nazi ghetto established in 1941 by the SS in Lutsk, Western Ukraine, during World War II. In the interwar period, the city was known as Łuck and was part of the Wołyń Voivodeshi ...

, site of Łuck Ghetto uprising and massacre, today Ukraine * Lwów (Lemberg) Ghetto, site of

Lviv pogroms The Lviv pogroms were the consecutive pogroms and massacres of Jews in June and July 1941 in the city of Lwów in German-occupied Eastern Poland/Western Ukraine (now Lviv, Ukraine). The massacres were perpetrated by Ukrainian nationalists (sp ...

, today Ukraine * Marcinkance (Marcinkonys) Ghetto, today Lithuania * Międzyrzec Podlaski (Mezritsh) Ghetto * Mińsk Mazowiecki (Novominsk) Ghetto * Mizocz Ghetto, today Ukraine *

Nowogródek Novogrudok ( be, Навагрудак, Navahrudak; lt, Naugardukas; pl, Nowogródek; russian: Новогрудок, Novogrudok; yi, נאַוואַראַדאָק, Novhardok, Navaradok) is a town in the Grodno Region, Belarus. In the Middle A ...

Ghetto, today Belarus *

Nowy Sącz Ghetto The Nowy Sącz Ghetto known in German as ''Ghetto von Neu-Sandez'' and in Yiddish as צאנז (''Tsanz; Zanc'') or נײ-סאנץ (''Nay-Sants; Nojzanc'') was a World War II ghetto set up by Nazi Germany for the purpose of persecution and exploit ...

(20 Jews assigned to one room) *

Olyka Olyka ( uk, Оли́ка, pl, Ołyka, yi, אליק ''Olik'') is an urban-type settlement in Lutsk Raion, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. It is located east of Lutsk on the Putylivka Rriver. Its population is . History The village of Olyka was foun ...

Ghetto * Opatów Ghetto in

Opatów Opatów (; yi, אַפּטאַ, אַפּט) is a town in southeastern Poland, within Opatów County in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy Cross Province). Historically, it was part of a greater region called Lesser Poland. In 2012 the populati ...

* Pińsk (Pinsk) Ghetto, today Belarus * Piotrków Trybunalski (Petrikau) Ghetto *

Przemyśl Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was p ...

Ghetto * Radom Ghetto *

Rakaŭ Ghetto The Rakaŭ Ghetto was established on 21 August 1941 in Rakaŭ, in the Byelorussian SSR (present-day Belarus), soon after the city's capture by Nazi Germany during Operation Barbarossa. An estimated 1,050 Jews were killed in the ghetto between it ...

, today Belarus * Równe Ghetto, today Ukraine * Sambor Ghetto, see rescue by Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary, today Ukraine *

Siedlce Ghetto The Siedlce Ghetto ( pl, Getto w Siedlcach), was a World War II Jewish ghetto set up by Nazi Germany in the city of Siedlce in occupied Poland, east of Warsaw. The ghetto was closed from the outside in early October 1941. Some 12,000 Polish Je ...

, see the November 1942 massacre at Gęsi Borek *

Słonim Ghetto The Słonim Ghetto ( pl, getto w Słonimiu, be, Слонімскае гета, german: Ghetto von Slonim, yi, סלאָנים) was a Nazi ghetto established in 1941 by the Schutzstaffel, SS in Slonim, Western Belarus during World War II. Prior to ...

, site of Słonim Ghetto uprising, today Belarus * Sosnowiec (Sosnowitz) Ghetto, site of Sosnowiec Ghetto uprising * Stanisławów (Stanislau) Ghetto, site of Bloody Sunday massacre, today Ukraine * Stryj Ghetto, today Ukraine *

Tarnopol Ghetto The Tarnopol Ghetto ( pl, getto w Tarnopolu, german: Ghetto Tarnopol) was a Jewish World War II ghetto established in 1941 by the ''Schutzstaffel'' (''SS'') in the prewar Polish city of Tarnopol (now Ternopil, Ukraine). Joshua D. Zimmerman (2015 ...

with satellite labour camps, today Ukraine *

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Ghetto * Trochenbrod (Zofiówka) Ghetto, today Ukraine * Vilna (Wilno, Vilnius) Ghetto, site of

Ponary massacre , location = Paneriai (Ponary), Vilnius (Wilno), Reichskommissariat Ostland , coordinates = , date = July 1941 – August 1944 , incident_type = Shootings by automatic and semi-automatic weapons, genocide , perpetrators ...

, today Lithuania * Warsaw (Warschau) Ghetto, site of

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; pl, powstanie w getcie warszawskim; german: link=no, Aufstand im Warschauer Ghetto was the 1943 act of Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto in German-occupied Poland during World War II to oppose Nazi Germany' ...

* Zdzięcioł (Djatlowo) Ghetto, site of

Dzyatlava massacre , location = Zdzięcioł (now, Dzyatlava) German-occupied Poland, present-day Belarus , date = April 30, 1942 August 10, 1942 , incident_type = Shootings by automatic and semi-automatic weapons , perpetrators = SS, Order ...

Other countries and occupied territories

* Annopol Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (now Ukraine) * Bobruisk Ghetto, Military Administration in the Soviet Union (now Belarus) * Baia Mare Ghetto, Hungary (now Romania) * Borisov Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ostland (now Belarus) *

Berdichev Berdychiv ( uk, Берди́чів, ; pl, Berdyczów; yi, באַרדיטשעװ, Barditshev; russian: Берди́чев, Berdichev) is a historic city in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center ...

Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (now Ukraine) * Berezdov Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (now Ukraine) *

Bershad Bershad ( uk, Бершадь, translit., ''Bershad’''; pl, Berszad; ro, Berșad) is a town in the Vinnytsia Oblast (province) of Ukraine, located in the historic region of Podolia. It is the administrative center of the predominantly-agricul ...

Ghetto, Romania (now Ukraine) * Bytom (Beuthen) Ghetto, pre-war Germany (now Poland) * Bistrița Ghetto, Hungary (now Romania) *

Bobrynets Bobrynets (, russian: Бо́бринец, yi, בוברניץ) is a city in Kropyvnytskyi Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Bobrynets urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: Histor ...

Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (now Ukraine) *

Budapest Ghetto The Budapest Ghetto was a Nazi ghetto set up in Budapest, Hungary, where Jews were forced to relocate by a decree of the Government of National Unity led by the fascist Arrow cross party during the final stages of World War II. The ghetto existed ...

, Hungary * Cehei Ghetto, Hungary (now Romania) *

Cherkasy Cherkasy ( uk, Черка́си, ) is a city in central Ukraine. Cherkasy is the capital of Cherkasy Oblast ( province), as well as the administrative center of Cherkasky Raion (district) within the oblast. The city has a population of C ...

Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (now Ukraine) *

Chernihiv Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...

Ghetto, Military Administration in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine) *

Chișinău Chișinău ( , , ), also known as Kishinev (russian: Кишинёв, r=Kishinjóv ), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial center, and is located in the middle of the ...

Ghetto, Romania (now Moldova) *

Czernowitz Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the up ...

Ghetto, Romania (now Ukraine) * Cluj (Kolozsvár) Ghetto, Hungary (now Romania) * Daugavpils (Dvinsk) Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ostland (now Latvia) *

Debrecen Debrecen ( , is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and ...

Ghetto, Hungary *

Dej Ghetto The Dej ghetto was one of the Nazi-era ghettos for European Jews during World War II. It was located in the city of Dej ( hu, Dés) in Cluj County, Transylvania, now part of Romania but administered as part of Szolnok-Doboka County by the Kingd ...

, Hungary (now Romania) *

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: cities' alternative names), is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine loc ...

Ghetto, Military Administration in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine) *

Gomel Gomel (russian: Гомель, ) or Homiel ( be, Гомель, ) is the administrative centre of Gomel Region and the second-largest city in Belarus with 526,872 inhabitants (2015 census). Etymology There are at least six narratives of the o ...

Ghetto, Military Administration in the Soviet Union (now Belarus) * Gorodok Ghetto, Military Administration in the Soviet Union (now Belarus) *

Kaluga Kaluga ( rus, Калу́га, p=kɐˈɫuɡə), a city and the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast in Russia, stands on the Oka River southwest of Moscow. Population: Kaluga's most famous resident, the space travel pioneer Konstantin Tsi ...

Ghetto, Military Administration in the Soviet Union (now Russia) *

Kaposvár Kaposvár (; also known by other alternative names) is a city with county rights in the southwestern part of Hungary, south of Lake Balaton. It is one of the leading cities of Transdanubia, the capital of Somogy County, and the seat of the Kapo ...

Ghetto, Hungary *

Karlovac Karlovac () is a city in central Croatia. According to the 2011 census, its population was 55,705. Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County. The city is located on the Zagreb-Rijeka highway and railway line, south-west of Zagre ...

Ghetto, Croatia * Kovno (Kaunas) Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ostland (now Lithuania) *

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine.

Ghetto, Military Administration in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine) *

Kherson Kherson (, ) is a port city of Ukraine that serves as the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast. Located on the Black Sea and on the Dnieper River, Kherson is the home of a major ship-building industry and is a regional economic centre. I ...

Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (now Ukraine) * Klimovo Ghetto, Military Administration in the Soviet Union (now Russia) * Klimavichy Ghetto, Military Administration in the Soviet Union (now Belarus) *

Klintsy Klintsy (russian: Клинцы́) is a town in Bryansk Oblast, Russia,located on the Turosna River, southwest of Bryansk. Population: 60,000 (1972). Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, K ...

Ghetto, Military Administration in the Soviet Union (now Russia) *

Kobeliaky Kobeliaky ( uk, Кобеля́ки, ) is a city in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Kobeliaky Raion. Population: History During World War II, Kobeliaky was under German occupation from 15 September 1941 until 2 ...

Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (now Ukraine) *

Košice Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of a ...

Ghetto, Slovakia * Liepāja Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ostland (now Latvia) *

Mátészalka Mátészalka is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. It is on the Kraszna River, 52 kilometers from the city of Nyiregyhaza. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 17,01 ...

Ghetto, Hungary *

Mazyr Mazyr ( be, Мазыр, ; russian: Мозырь ''Mozyr'' , pl, Mozyrz , Yiddish: מאזיר) is a city in the Gomel Region of Belarus on the Pripyat River about east of Pinsk and northwest of Chernobyl. It is located at approximately . The p ...

Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (now Belarus) *

Minsk Ghetto The Minsk Ghetto was created soon after the German invasion of the Soviet Union. It was one of the largest in Belorussian SSR, and the largest in the German-occupied territory of the Soviet Union.Donald L. Niewyk, Francis R. Nicosia, ''The Co ...

, Reichskommissariat Ostland (now Belarus) *

Miskolc Miskolc ( , , ; Czech language, Czech and sk, Miškovec; german: Mischkolz; yi, script=Latn, Mishkoltz; ro, Mișcolț) is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 (1 Jan 2014) Miskolc is the ...

Ghetto, Hungary * Mogilev Ghetto, Military Administration in the Soviet Union (now Belarus) * Mohyliv-Podilskyi Ghetto, Romania (now Ukraine) * Monastir Ghetto, Bulgaria (now North Macedonia) *

Munkács Mukachevo ( uk, Мукачево, ; hu, Munkács; see name section) is a city in the valley of the Latorica river in Zakarpattia Oblast (province), in Western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Mukachevo Raion (district), the city ...

Ghetto, Hungary (now Ukraine) *

Nyíregyháza Nyíregyháza (, sk, Níreďháza) is a city with county rights in northeastern Hungary and the county capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. With a population of 118,001, it is the seventh-largest city in Hungary and the second largest in ...

Ghetto, Hungary *

Odessa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ...

Ghetto, Romania (now Ukraine) * Oleksandrivka Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (now Ukraine), first liquidation in March 1942 was where the Ivanhorod Einsatzgruppen photograph was taken. * Olyka Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (now Ukraine) *

Oradea Ghetto The Oradea ghetto was one of the Nazi-era ghettos for European Jews during World War II. It was located in the city of Oradea ( hu, Nagyvárad) in Bihor County, Transylvania, now part of Romania but administered as part of Bihar County by the Kin ...

, Hungary (now Romania) *

Orsha Orsha ( be, О́рша, Во́рша, Orša, Vorša; russian: О́рша ; lt, Orša, pl, Orsza) is a city in Belarus in the Vitebsk Region, on the fork of the Dnieper and Arshytsa rivers. History Orsha was first mentioned in 1067 as R ...

Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (now Belarus) *

Pochep Pochep (russian: Почеп) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Pochep, Bryansk Oblast, a town in Pochepsky District of Bryansk Oblast; ;Rural localities * Pochep, Okulovsky District, Novgorod Oblast, a vi ...

Ghetto, Military Administration in the Soviet Union (now Russia) *

Polotsk Polotsk (russian: По́лоцк; be, По́лацк, translit=Polatsk (BGN/PCGN), Polack (official transliteration); lt, Polockas; pl, Połock) is a historical city in Belarus, situated on the Dvina River. It is the center of the Polotsk Dist ...

Ghetto, Military Administration in the Soviet Union (now Belarus) *

Proskurov Khmelnytskyi ( uk, Хмельни́цький, Khmelnytskyi, ), until 1954 Proskuriv ( uk, Проску́рів, links=no ), is a city in western Ukraine, the administrative center for Khmelnytskyi Oblast (region) and Khmelnytskyi Raion (dist ...

Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (now Ukraine) *

Pruzhany Pruzhany ( be, Пружа́ны, ; russian: Пружаны, pl, Prużana, yi, פרוזשענע, Pruzhene) is a town in Brest Voblast, Belarus. Pruzhany is the center of the district in Brest Region, Belarus. Its population is about 18,500 people ...

Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ostland (now Belarus) * Pryluky Ghetto, Military Administration in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine) *

Pskov Pskov ( rus, Псков, a=pskov-ru.ogg, p=pskof; see also names in other languages) is a city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, located about east of the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Population ...

Ghetto, Military Administration in the Soviet Union (now Russia) * Reghin Ghetto, Hungary (now Romania) * Riga Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ostland (now Latvia) * Salonika Ghetto, German occupation zone in Greece (now Greece) * Satu Mare Ghetto, Hungary (now Romania) *

Sfântu Gheorghe Ghetto The Sfântu Gheorghe ghetto was one of the Nazi-era ghettos for European Jews during World War II. It was located in the city of Sfântu Gheorghe ( hu, Sepsiszentgyörgy) in today's Covasna County, Transylvania, now part of Romania but administere ...

Hungary, (now Romania) *

Shepetivka Shepetivka ( uk, Шепеті́вка; pl, Szepetówka) is a city located on the Huska River in Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Shepetivka is the administrative center of Shepetivka Raion (district). It hosts the administra ...

Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (now Ukraine) *

Shumyachi Shumyachi (russian: Шумячи; be, Шумячы) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Shumyachsky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia. Population: History Shumyachi is first mentioned in 1587 when ...

Ghetto, Military Administration in the Soviet Union (now Russia) *

Šiauliai Ghetto The Šiauliai or Shavli Ghetto was a Jewish ghetto established in July 1941 by Nazi Germany in the city of Šiauliai ( yi, שאַװל, ''Shavl'') in Nazi-occupied Lithuania during the Holocaust. The ghetto comprised two areas – one in the Kau ...

, Reichskommissariat Ostland (now Lithuania) * Sighet Ghetto, Hungary (now Romania) *

Skvyra Skvyra ( uk, Скви́ра, ; Yiddish: skver, סקווער) is a city in Bila Tserkva Raion, Kyiv Oblast (region) of central Ukraine. Skvyra has an area of . It hosts the administration of Skvyra urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It ...

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Slavuta Slavuta (, russian: link=no, Славу́та, , ) is a city in Shepetivka Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, located on the Horyn River. The city is located approximately 80 km from the oblast capital, Khmelnytskyi ...

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Slutsk Slutsk ( officially transliterated as Sluck, be, Слуцк; russian: Слуцк; pl, Słuck, lt, Sluckas, Yiddish/Hebrew: סלוצק ''Slutsk'') is a city in Belarus, located on the Sluch River south of Minsk. As of 2022, its population i ...

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Smolensk Smolensk ( rus, Смоленск, p=smɐˈlʲensk, a=smolensk_ru.ogg) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest ...

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Snovsk Snovsk ( uk, Сновськ ) is a city in Koriukivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: It hosts the administration of Snovsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population was 12,315 in 2001. Name The ...

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Starodub Starodub ( rus, links=no, Староду́б, p=stərɐˈdup, ''old oak'') is a town in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, on the Babinets River (the Dnieper basin), southwest of Bryansk. Population: 16,000 (1975). History Starodub has been known ...

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Stolin Stolin ( be, Сто́лін; uk, Сто́лін; russian: Сто́лин; pl, Stolin; Yiddish/Hebrew: סטולין) is a town in the Stolin District in Brest Region of Belarus. It is the centre of the largest district in Brest Region. The pop ...

Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ostland (now Belarus) * Švenčionys Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ostland (now Lithuania) *

Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also other alternative names) is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat of Csongrád-Csanád county. The University of Szeged is one of the m ...

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Székesfehérvár Székesfehérvár (; german: Stuhlweißenburg ), known colloquially as Fehérvár ("white castle"), is a city in central Hungary, and the country's ninth-largest city. It is the regional capital of Central Transdanubia, and the centre of Fej� ...

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Szombathely Szombathely (; german: Steinamanger, ; see also other alternative names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by t ...

Ghetto, Hungary * Tarashcha Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (now Ukraine) *

Telšiai Telšiai (; Samogitian: ''Telšē'') is a city in Lithuania with about 21,499 inhabitants. It is the capital of Telšiai County and Samogitia region, and it is located on the shores of Lake Mastis. Telšiai is one of the oldest cities in Lithua ...

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Theresienstadt Ghetto Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ( German-occupied Czechoslovakia). Theresienstadt served as a waystation to the extermination ca ...

(concentration camp, sometimes referred to as a ghetto), Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now Czech Republic) *

Uman Uman ( uk, Умань, ; pl, Humań; yi, אומאַן) is a city located in Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine, to the east of Vinnytsia. Located in the historical region of the eastern Podolia, the city rests on the banks of the Umanka River ...

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Uzhgorod Uzhhorod ( uk, У́жгород, , ; ) is a city and municipality on the river Uzh in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. The city is approximately equidistant from the Baltic, the Adriatic and the ...

Ghetto, Hungary (now Ukraine) * Vinnytsia Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (now Ukraine) *

Vitebsk Ghetto Vitebsk Ghetto or Witebsk Ghetto was a short-lived ghetto in the town of Vitebsk in modern-day Belarus. It was created soon after the German invasion of the Soviet Union; immediately after the Nazis took control of the town on 11 July 1941. ...

, Military Administration in the Soviet Union (now Belarus) *

Žagarė Žagarė (, see also other names) is a city located in the Joniškis district, northern Lithuania, close to the border with Latvia. It has a population of about 2,000, down from 14,000 in 1914, when it was the 7th largest city in Lithuania. Žag ...

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Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slop ...

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Zhitomir Zhytomyr ( uk, Жито́мир, translit=Zhytomyr ; russian: Жито́мир, Zhitomir ; pl, Żytomierz ; yi, זשיטאָמיר, Zhitomir; german: Schytomyr ) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative ...

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Zlatopil Zlatopil ( uk, Златопіль; also as the Russian transliteration Zlatopol) was a small city in Ukraine, located about 67 km northwest of Kropyvnytskyi. History The name of this village before 1787 was Hulajpol. During the partitions ...

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Zlynka Zlynka (russian: Злы́нка) is a town and the administrative center of Zlynkovsky District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Zlynka River southwest of Bryansk, the administrative center of the oblast, and close to the border with Be ...

Ghetto, Military Administration in the Soviet Union (now Russia)

Ghettos outside Europe

Shanghai Ghetto The Shanghai Ghetto, formally known as the Restricted Sector for Stateless Refugees, was an area of approximately one square mile in the Hongkew district of Japanese-occupied Shanghai (the ghetto was located in the southern Hongkou and southwes ...

(1937-1941 Less Restriction over Jews by Japanese) (1942-1945) Japanese forced 16,000 Jews into a one square mile Ghetto, where they were often the victims of air raids by the U.S.' 7th Air Force, and often had no running water, no bathroom, heavy rations, and it was not uncommon for 30-40 people to sleep in the same room. Shanghai Jewish History
, ''Proclamation Concerning Restriction of Residence and Business of Stateless Refugees''. (Shanghai Jewish Center)

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* *{{cite book , editor1-first=Shmuel , editor1-last=Spector, editor2-first=Geoffrey , editor2-last=Wigoder , title= The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust , year=2001 , publisher=New York University Press , location=New York , isbn= 978-0814793565 *List Nazi-era ghettos