The Budapest ghetto was a ghetto where Jews were forced to live in Budapest, Hungary during the Second World War. The area consisted of several blocks of the old Jewish quarter of the city surrounding the main synagogue, and was surrounded by a high fence that was guarded so that contraband could not be sneaked in, and people could not get out. The Nazi occupation of Budapest took place in March 1944. The ghetto was only established for less than three months, between November 1944 and the liberation of the city in January 1945. A ghetto is an area where people from a specific ethnic background or united in a given culture or religion live as a group, voluntarily or involuntarily, in milder or stricter seclusion. ... Budapest (pronounced BOO-dah-pesht, IPA ), the capital city of Hungary and the countrys principal political, industrial, commercial and transportation centre, has more than 1. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... A synagogue (from Greek συναγωγη, transliterated sunagoge, place of assembly literally meeting, assembly) is a Jewish house of prayer and study. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... For alternative meanings, see March (disambiguation). ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

As with other ghettos that had been set up in other parts of Nazi-occupied Europe the area was completely cut off from the outside world: no food was allowed in, rubbish and waste were not collected and the buildings were overcrowded, leading to the spread of diseases such as typhoid. World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... A disease is any abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort, dysfunction, or distress to the person affected or those in contact with the person. ... This is about the disease typhoid fever. ...

More than half of those that were forced into the ghetto in 1944 were sent to concentration camps, starting almost immediately from the establishment of the ghetto. From occupation to liberation the Jewish population of Budapest was reduced from 200,000 to 70,000, most of those remaining having been granted diplomatic protection by neutral politicians. Of those that were forced to leave (most of them to a concentration camp on the Austrian border) the vast majority were liberated by the advancing Russian army. A concentration camp is a large detention center created for political opponents, aliens, specific ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other groups of people, often during a war. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... A nations army is its military, or more specifically, all of its land forces. ...

External links

• A personal account of the Budapest ghetto (http://www.remember.org/jean/Chap4/Part1/Budapest_ghetto.htm)
• Images of the ghettos (http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/albums/palbum/p00/a0036p2.html) (including some of Budapest)
• History of the Budapest ghetto (http://www.edwardvictor.com/Ghettos/Budapest.htm)