1) A ghetto is an isolated city district where Jews and other victims were confined by Germans during World War II, originally coming from the Jewish quarter in Venice in 1516 that segregated Jews from non-Jews. 2) In order to identify Jews, they were required to wear armbands or patches with the Star of David allowing Nazis to round them up into ghettos faster. 3) Life in the ghettos was horrific - extreme overcrowding, little access to food resulting in starvation, lack of proper clothing and sanitation causing disease, and brutal winters with limited heating.