Jewish people were herded into ghettos, walled off parts of the city in which the people could be more easily controlled. Joseph Goebbels called the ghettos "death boxes"

Waiting for a drink of water in the Warsaw Ghetto, where water and food were in short supply

this ration card from October 1941 entitled a resident to 300 calories a day
(photo Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust)

children climbing the walls to smuggle food into the Warsaw Ghetto
(photo Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust)

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising April - May 1943

Warsaw Ghetto uprising

Part of Holocaust Nightmare exhibit