ghettos

Cultural  

1. Originally, areas of medieval cities in which Jews (see also Jews) were compelled to live. Today the term usually refers to sections of American cities inhabited by the poor. (See inner city.)

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Example Sentences

After the exhibition’s stark presentation on Jewish ghettos, Nazi killing squads and concentration camps, the class photo reappears.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2025

It is not clear exactly how many Jews survived the death camps, the ghettos or somewhere in hiding across Nazi-occupied Europe, but their numbers were a far cry from the pre-war Jewish population in Europe.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2024

The Jewish physician survivors were able to tell the histories of Jewish medical resistance in the ghettos and camps.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 9, 2023

"There is a lot of criticism about the format, the concentration of tiny homes grouped together in the same place, forming ghettos," she explains.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2023

Mass paranoia so gripped the ghettos, reminding me of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution, that I could not even trust my own mother.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane