Babies in strollers or carriers will not be permitted to enter.

It was also one of the closest to Germany itself, being situated in western Polish territory that was annexed to Germany, the Wartegau.

This may be the reason that it was a preferred location by German photographers working for the German Armys propaganda units.

These units were under orders to document the Jews in order to supply anti-Jewish propaganda material in Germany.

Bridges were built over these thoroughfares, joining the three sections of the ghetto.

The Jews were ordered to finance the construction of these bridges.

The roads themselves were not included in the ghettos living space, and only Germans and Poles were allowed to use them.

The policeman wearing the helmet is a member of the Ordnungsdienst.

Their work films, photographs and articles was sent to the German Armys high command office in Berlin.

The material was sorted and censored, and forwarded to the Propaganda Ministry, which distributed it to the press.

The units were requested to report on anything interesting around them, and the ghettos therefore arose naturally as a topic to report on.

Most of them had never seen traditional Jews, since the percentage of these Jews within the total German Jewish population was only 10-15.

Most of the photographers only encountered traditional Jews after they arrived in occupied Poland.

The photographs and footage taken in the ghettos and distributed in the German press reinforced the antisemitic stereotypes amongst the German public, especially the youth.

Nina Springer-Aharoni notes that there were German soldiers and civilians who photographed Jews in the ghettos out of a feeling of empathy, and not necessarily from an antisemitic perspective, such as the soldier Joe Heydecker.

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