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ghettos

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  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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His vast archive contains music composed in the ghettos of Warsaw, Lodz, Krakow and elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

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

The partisans entered ghettos under siege and brought Jews back to the Belarusian forest, where Mr. Bielski had built a community for them.

From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2023

It was the largest of many ghettos across occupied Poland.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2023

“Martins right,” said my father “And Hitler’s setting up a system of ghettos in Poland.”

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

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