oct 1, 1939 - First Ghetto is Opened
Description:
German occupation authorities established the first ghetto in Poland in Piotrków Trybunalski in October 1939. Germans made these ghettos as holding areas for Jews. They were held here usually prior to being sent to a concentracion camp.https://c.holocaust.cz/files/old/images/lodz/ushmm37316.jpg
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Date:
oct 1, 1939
Now
~ 86 years ago