Prisoners: Ghetto

: The lack of healthcare and sanitation resulted in massive death tolls; for instance, nearly one in four prisoners in Theresienstadt died within the ghetto itself. 2. Social Structures and Internal Dynamics

Despite the enforced misery, prisoners developed complex internal societies: Ghetto Prisoners

: Intellectuals and artists engaged in "spiritual resistance." In the Vilna ghetto, the "Paper Brigade" risked their lives to smuggle and hide precious Jewish manuscripts and books from Nazi destruction. : The lack of healthcare and sanitation resulted

: 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. such as Theresienstadt