"I would sit in our apartment and see the Polish children across the street bringing milk home. It was like watching people in a storybook: we had no food, no milk..." These words by Nelly Cesana, a survivor of the Warsaw ghetto, are just a small taste of the torture and abandonment that Jews had to endure while living in the ghettos of the Holocaust. The concept of separating people from religion actually began in the Middle Ages. When the Nazis came to power, the ghettos were no longer in use, but the Nazis revived the idea of ​​separation through religion. The Nazis wanted the Jews to be separated from the rest of the population, allowing them to practice their religion without affecting the rest of the population (Wood 58-59). While living in the ghettos, Jews lived very different lives, experiencing limited types of social conditions. interactions, poor living conditions, malnutrition and horrible health problems. While living in the confined spaces of the ghettos, Jews lived extremely different lives than they were accustomed to. Jews aged 12 and older living within the walls of the ghettos were required to wear blue and white armbands more commonly known as "The Badge of Shame". These bracelets served to humiliate the Jews and isolate them from the Poles ("Daily life in the ghettos 6/7"). Prayer and Praise: Jewish worship continued in the ghettos and was even more intense during the Holocaust, despite (or perhaps because of) the fact that the Nazis prohibited it. Many, like those who studied Jewish texts in the Krakow ghetto, made enormous sacrifices to practice their religion, running the risk of being discovered. (Wood 67)Schools and orphanages were run by the Judenraete (Wood 65). The Judenraete were Jews co...... middle of paper ...... ghettos were only the beginning of the massive amounts of torture Jews endured during the Holocaust. Works Cited Wood, Angela. Holocaust: The events and their impact on real people. New York, NY: DK, 2007. Print.Vashem, Yad. “Everyday Life in the Warsaw Ghetto, Part 6/7: The 'Baggage of Shame' and Cultural Life.” Youtube. Yad Vashem and Web. April 14, 2014.Ayer, Elenor H. In the Ghettos: Adolescent Survivors of the Ghettos of the Holocaust. New York: Rosen Pub. Group, 1999. Print.Vashem, Yad. "Daily Life in the Warsaw Ghetto, Part 3/7: Overcrowding." Youtube. Yad Vashem and Web. April 14, 2014. Vashem, Yad. “Daily Life in the Warsaw Ghetto, Part 4/7: Daily Life and Survival.” Yad Vashem and Web. April 14, 2014. Baumel-Shwartz, Judith Taylor. "Ghettos: hunger and disease". The Holocaust Encyclopedia. Ed. Walter Laquer. New Haven: Yale, UP, 2001. 259-65. Press.