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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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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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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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. 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 World War II ghetto set up by Nazi Germany for the Polish Jews in the town of Będzin in occupied south-western ...

, site of Będzin Ghetto Uprising *

Białystok Ghetto The Białystok Ghetto ( pl, getto w Białymstoku) was a Nazi ghetto set up by the German SS between July 26 and early August 1941 in the newly formed District of Bialystok within occupied Poland. About 50,000 Jews from the vicinity of Białyst ...

, site of

Białystok Ghetto uprising Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Białystok is located in the Białystok Up ...

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 Ghetto, today Ukraine *

Częstochowa Ghetto The Częstochowa Ghetto was a World War II ghetto set up by Nazi Germany for the purpose of persecution and exploitation of local Jews in the city of Częstochowa during the German occupation of Poland. The approximate number of people confined ...

, site of

Częstochowa Ghetto uprising The Częstochowa Ghetto uprising was an insurrection in Poland's Częstochowa Ghetto against German occupational forces during World War II. It took place in late June 1943, resulting in some 2,000 Jews being killed. The ghetto was established ...

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 adminis ...

Ghetto, today Ukraine *

Drohobycz Ghetto Drohobycz Ghetto or Drohobych Ghetto was a Nazi ghetto in the city of Drohobych in Western Ukraine during World War II. The ghetto was liquidated mainly between February and November 1942, when most Jews were deported to the Belzec extermination ...

, 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 J ...

, today Belarus * Izbica Ghetto *

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 Kostop ...

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. It ...

, 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 Lithuani ...

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 s ...

Lubartów Ghetto Lubartów Ghetto was established by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II, and existed officially from 1941 until October 1942. The Polish Jews of the town of Lubartów were confined there initially. The ghetto inmates also in ...

Lublin Ghetto , location = Lublin, German-occupied Poland , date = , incident_type = Imprisonment, forced labor, starvation, exile , perpetrators = , participants = , organizations = SS , camp = deportations to Belzec exter ...

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 The Mizoch (Mizocz) Ghetto (german: Misotsch; Cyrillic: Мизоч; Yiddish: מיזאָטש) was a World War II ghetto set up in the town of Mizoch, Western Ukraine by Nazi Germany for the forcible segregation and mistreatment of Jews. Backgroun ...

, 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 founde ...

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 populatio ...

* 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 pr ...

Ghetto *

Radom Ghetto Radom Ghetto was a Nazi ghetto set up in March 1941 in the city of Radom during the Nazi occupation of Poland, for the purpose of persecution and exploitation of Polish Jews. It was closed off from the outside officially in April 1941. A year an ...

Rakaŭ Ghetto The Rakaŭ Ghetto was established on 21 August 1941 in Rakaŭ, in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian SSR (present-day Belarus), soon after the city's capture by Nazi Germany during Operation Barbarossa. An estimated 1,050 Je ...

, today Belarus * Równe Ghetto, today Ukraine * Sambor Ghetto, see rescue by

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, 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 Jews ...

, 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 SS in Slonim, Western Belarus during World War II. Prior to 1939, the 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's ...

* 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 P ...

Other countries and occupied territories

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

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

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Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (now Ukraine) * Budapest Ghetto, Hungary * Cehei Ghetto, Hungary (now Romania) *

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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 city, capital and largest city of the Republic of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial center, and is located in 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 i ...

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

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternat ...

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 ori ...

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 Tsiol ...

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 Kaposvá ...

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, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Kherson Kherson (, ) is a port city of Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers appr ...

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

Klimavichy Klimavichy ( be, Клiмавiчы; russian: Климовичи, Klimovichi, lt, Klimavičai; Łacinka: Klimavičy) is a city in the eastern Belarusian Mogilev Region. Klimavichy is located east of Mogilev on the bank of Kalinica River and is th ...

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, Kl ...

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 app ...

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 *

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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 Colum ...

, 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 Mohyliv-Podilskyi (, , , ) is a city in the Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion of the Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. Administratively, Mohyliv-Podilskyi is incorporated as a town of regional significance. It also serves as the administrative center of Mohyliv- ...

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 t ...

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 The Ivanhorod ''Einsatzgruppen'' photograph is Photography of the Holocaust, an image of the Holocaust, showing a soldier aiming a rifle at a woman who is trying to shield a child with her body. It depicts the murder of Jews by an ''Einsatzgru ...

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 King ...

, 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 Rsha ...

Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (now Belarus) * Pochep 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 Distr ...

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 (distr ...

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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 Pryluky ( uk, Прилу́ки ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality located on the Udai River in Chernihiv Oblast, north-central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Pryluky Raion (Ra ...

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 The Satu Mare ghetto was one of the Nazi-era ghettos for European Jews during World War II. It was located in the city of Satu Mare ( hu, Szatmárnémeti) in Satu Mare County, Transylvania, now part of Romania, but administered as part of Szatmár ...

, 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 administered ...

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 administrati ...

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 Kauk ...

, 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. I ...

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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 is ...

Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ostland (now Belarus) *

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 c ...

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Snovsk Snovsk ( uk, Сновськ ) is a city in Koriukivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast (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 ...

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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 ...

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

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 popu ...

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

Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat ...

Ghetto, Hungary *

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 Fejér ...

Ghetto, Hungary *

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 Tarashcha or Tarascha ( uk, Тараща, yi, טאַראַשטשע) is a city in Bila Tserkva Raion, Kyiv Oblast (region) in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Tarashcha urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: . ...

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 cam ...

(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 ...

Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (now Ukraine) *

Uzhgorod Uzhhorod ( uk, У́жгород, , ; ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality on the river Uzh in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. The city is approximat ...

Ghetto, Hungary (now Ukraine) *

Vinnytsia Vinnytsia ( ; uk, Вінниця, ; yi, װיניצע) is a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug. It is the administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast and the largest city in the historic region of Podillia. A ...

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. Appr ...

, 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 ...

Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ostland (now Lithuania) *

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 ...

Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (now Ukraine) * Zlatopil Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ukraine (now Ukraine) * Zlynka 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 southwest ...

(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