In the early stages of WW2 the Jews in nazi occupied europe were rounded up and forced into crowded ghettoes. When the decision was made to kill them all they were deported to extermination centres to be murdered. This image shows a sign on the outside of the Lodz ghetto. The sign reads Notice. Regarding the Police Regulation of , it is prohibited from entering the ghetto area for all Germans and Poles. Lodz, April 22, 1940. . Bundesarchiv, Bild 101III-Schilf-003-02 / Schilf / CC-BY-SA

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