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Ghettos: List of Major Jewish Ghettos

Ghetto
Country
Population
100,000
27,000
35,000 to 50,000
70,000
50,000
25,000
40,000
19,000
Lida
9000
Liepaja
7400
205,000
34,000
110,000
100,000
Mir
2500
6000
30,000
43,000
56,000
Shanghai*
10,000
12,500
90,000
16,000
41,000
400,000 to 500,000

*The ghetto was administered by the Japanese occupational government with the assistance of the Jewish welfare organization.


Sources: The Holocaust Chronicle