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The Ghettos Were Designed As Holding Centers Prior to Deportation to the Camps
Inside these ghettos, the Nazis established a Jewish council or Judenraete. The Judenraete is meant to uphold the Nazi rules of the ghetto and make rules for other Jewish people to follow. Although, the Jewish council wouldn't always follow the Nazi rule, the Nazis still had to appoint chairmen to lead the Jews in the ghettos. Yet when Jews were being transported to the camps, members of the Judenraete were not exempt from the death camps. Many times, the Jewish council chairmen would consider an uprising. Many of the chairmen would consider this a last resort. However the ghetto in Warsaw did have an uprising. The Jews created an underground organization called the Jewish Combat Organization or ZOB. There was also the ZZW or Jewish Military union. These groups came together to lead an organized uprising in the Warsaw ghetto. Many Jews considered escaping and running away. The Jewish council, on the other hand, prevented them for doing that. If a Jewish person managed to get away, the Nazis would kill many more people. The Judenraete wanted to protect their people, so they encouraged people not to run away.

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