In 1938, the Nazis first considered establishing so-called "Jewish residential districts". One year later, the first ghettos were established in Nazi-occupied Poland. This documentary tells the story of the Jewish ghettos based on records written by their inhabitants. They bear witness to the human tragedy of the holocaust, but also to an indomitable will to live. Watch the full doc on arte.tv 👇 https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/110294-000-A/ghettos-of-the-holocaust/ | Arte

On this day in 1941, German authorities established the Krakow ghetto in German-occupied Poland. Here, Jews are shown moving to the ghetto. Nearly 20,000 Jews were imprisoned behind barbed wire and stone. Residents would stand in line for hours for food, and sometimes there was nothing to buy. Many were assigned to backbreaking jobs at forced labor camps. Among them was an enamelworks factory owned by Oskar Schindler, who rescued hundreds of Jews. But most of the Krakow ghetto residents were not