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Millions of Jews lived in ____________________ Europe . After Germany invaded ____________________ in 1939 , more than two million Polish Jews came under German control . After Germany invaded the ____________________ Union in June 1941 , several million more Jews came under ____________________ rule . The Germans aimed to control this sizable ____________________ population by forcing Jews to reside in marked - off sections of towns and cities the Nazis called " ____________________ " or " Jewish residential quarters . " Altogether , the Germans created at least 1 , 000 ghettos in occupied territories . The largest ghetto was in ____________________ , the Polish capital , where almost half a million Jews were confined .

Many ghettos were set up in cities and towns where Jews were already concentrated . Jews as well as some Roma ( ____________________ ) were also brought to ghettos from surrounding regions and from western Europe . Between October and December 1941 , thousands of German and Austrian ____________________ were transported to ghettos in eastern Europe .