Genocide

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This "Night of Broken Glass"
(Kristallnacht) was a signal to Jews in Germany and Austria to leave as soon as
possible. Several hundred thousand people were able to find refuge in other
countries, but a nearly equal number, including many who were old or poor,
stayed to face an uncertain destiny.

When war began in September 1939, the German army occupied the western
half of Poland and added almost 2 million Jews to the German power sphere.
Limitations placed on Polish Jewry were much worse than those in Germany. The
Polish Jews were forced to move into ghettos surrounded by walls and barbed wire.
The ghettos were like jailed cities. Each ghetto had a Jewish council that was
responsible for housing, sanitation, and production. Food and coal were to be
shipped in and manufactured products were to be sent out for German use. The
food supply allowed by the Germans was mainly made up of grains and vegetables,
such as turnips, carrots, and beets. In the Warsaw ghetto, the amount of ...

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