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The Nazis rejuvenated the term ghetto to describe their device of concentration and control, the compulsory "Jewish Quarter." Ghettos were usually established in the poor sections of a city, where most of the Jews from the city and surrounding areas were subsequently forced to reside. Often surrounded by barbed wire or walls, the ghettos were sealed. Established mostly in Eastern Europe, the ghettos were characterized by overcrowding, malnutrition, and heavy labor. All were eventually dissolved, and the Jews murdered. There were three types of ghettos which were closed ghettos, open ghettos, and destruction ghettos.
The largest ghetto in Poland was the Warsaw ghetto, where over 400,000 Jews were crowded into an area of 1.3 square miles. The Germans ordered Jews residing in ghettos to wear identifying badges or armbands and also required many Jews to perform forced labor for the German Reich. Closed ghettos were closed off by walls, or by fences with barbed wire. The German authorities forced Jews living in the surrounding areas to move into the closed ghetto, thus the damage, the extremely crowded and unsanitary conditions. Starvation, chronic shortages, severe winter weather, inadequate and unheated housing, and the absence of adequate municipal services led to repeated outbreaks and to a high mortality rate. This was difficult to manage. Most ghettos were of this type. Open ghettos had no walls or fences, but there were restrictions on entering and leaving. This was manageable. Destruction ghettos were tightly sealed off and existed for between two and six weeks before the Germans and/or their collaborators deported or shot the Jewish population concentrated in them. This was barely manageable.