The Ghettos of Holocaust Suffering; “Feeling serious pain, illness, or injury” (Merriam Webster). Throughout the Holocaust, many undeniably inhumane atrocities took place. Among the least recognized is the plight of ghetto residents. Stretching from a small, restricted street corner to over a square kilometer, the ghettos “housed” thousands upon thousands of people who had committed no crime (USHMM). The ghettos of the Holocaust caused great suffering and were the cause of the deportation and massacre of millions of people, as life in the ghettos was not only unsanitary but also surrounded by anti-Semitic violence, adding to the number of deaths of Jews and Jews. other people were discriminated against. The beginnings After Germany, starvation, disease, exposure to cold, brutality and suicide became widespread in all forms of ghettos. Broken or missing plumbing led to unsanitary conditions, thus encouraging the spread of disease, and without heating or ventilation, exposure to the cold and the elements was extremely harmful. Lack of clothing or clothing to protect against the cold has led to people becoming weak, starving, and lacking food or resources. These ghettos were filled with people, with an average of 7 people per room in a shelter most likely bombed. Narrow-mindedness, lack of food and intense cold made the mortality rate exponential (Altman). Despite these life-threatening conditions, many tried to continue living as normally as possible. Toys and books, among other things, were stolen or smuggled into the ghettos to give children a chance to be educated and have a real childhood. A sort of welfare system was established by the Jewish council, similar to a ghetto government, for the large and growing number of orphans. Orphans and children usually became smugglers, slipping through gaps in walls or being able to outwit the Gestapo, also known as the German police. Begging on street corners, stealing from others or those more fortunate, the children of the ghettos, despite the best efforts of parents and the council, grew up suffering a fate similar or identical to that of the adults around them. Suicide was no longer seen as a “cowardly escape,” but as a viable option to escape these terrible events. (Life in the USHMM ghettos)Some were able to tolerate them, but living conditions varied from one ghetto to another.