04-13-2006, 05:28 PM
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Originally posted by MysticCat81
[B]Uh, no. The original ghetto was in Venice and was established in the sixteenth century. The Warsaw Ghetto was established by the Nazis.
From the example of the original European ghettos, the word came to mean a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, often without much choice, especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure.
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Indeed.
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