Ghettoes established by Nazis in Poland
Details
about the biggest ghettoes:
ghetto
- town |
dates:
founded, liquidated |
estimated
population |
Ghetto
in Bedzin (Bendzin, Bendin)
|
July
1940 - August 1943
|
7,000
Jews |
Ghetto
in Bialystok (Belostok, Bialistok) |
July
1941 - August 1943 |
50,000
Jews |
Ghetto
in Bochnia |
March
1941 - September 1943 |
15,000
Jews |
Ghetto
in Czestochowa (Chenstochov, Tshenstokhov) |
April
1941 - October 1942 |
48,000
Jews |
Ghetto
in Grodno |
November
1941 - March 1943 |
25,000
Jews |
Ghetto
in Hrubieszów |
May
1942 - September 1943 |
10,000
Jews |
Ghetto
in Kielce (Keltz, Kilts, Kelts) |
April
1941 - March 1942 |
27,000
Jews |
Ghetto
in Krakow (Cracow, Krakau, Kroke) |
March
1941 - March 1943 |
24,000
Jews |
Ghetto
in Kutno |
June
1940 - March, April 1942 |
7,000
Jews |
Ghetto
in Lodz (Litzmannstadt) |
February
1940 - August 1944 |
200,000
Jews |
Ghetto
in Lublin |
March
1940 - April 1942 |
30,000
Jews |
Ghetto
in Nowy Sacz (Novi Sontzh) |
August
1941 - August 1942 |
20,000
Jews |
Ghetto
in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski (Ostrovtse, Ostrovitz, Ostrovitze)
|
February
1941 - 1943 |
16,000
Jews |
Ghetto
in Przemysl (Premishla, Premisle, Pshemishl) |
July
1942 - September 1943 |
22,000
Jews |
Ghetto
in Radom (Rodem) |
March
1941 - August 1942 |
32,000
Jews |
Ghetto
in Rzeszow (Rayshe, Reichshof, Zheshuv) |
January
1942 - August 1942 |
25,000
Jews |
Ghetto
in Sosnowiec (Sosnovice, Sosnovitz) |
October
1942 - August 1943 |
12,000
Jews |
Ghetto
in Tarnow (Tarnov, Tarnuv, Torne) |
February
1942 - September 1943 |
40,000
Jews |
Ghetto
in Tomaszów Mazowiecki (Tomashov Ravski) |
December
1940 - November 1942 |
20,000
Jews |
Ghetto
in Warszawa (Warsaw, Varshe, Warschau) |
November
1940 - May 1943 |
450,000
Jews |
|