Ghetto: Prisoners

: Authorities often withheld food and water supplies, leading to rampant starvation and outbreaks of infectious diseases like typhus.

Ghettos were designed as temporary, closed quarters to isolate, control, and segregate Jewish populations. Conditions were characterized by extreme deprivation: Ghetto Prisoners

: In some locations, such as Theresienstadt, a "polis" mentality emerged among functionaries who viewed the ghetto as a reformed society, albeit with limited autonomy from the SS. : Authorities often withheld food and water supplies,