Ghetto — Prisoners

Despite the enforced misery, prisoners developed complex internal societies:

: Authorities often withheld food and water supplies, leading to rampant starvation and outbreaks of infectious diseases like typhus. Ghetto Prisoners

: In some locations, such as Theresienstadt, a "polis" mentality emerged among functionaries who viewed the ghetto as a reformed society, albeit with limited autonomy from the SS. Despite the enforced misery

: Children were among the most affected, with approximately 15,000 incarcerated in Theresienstadt alone. Prisoners made desperate attempts to create nurseries to improve their chances of survival. 3. Resistance and Underground Movements Prisoner resistance took both passive and active forms: Deceiving the Public | Holocaust Encyclopedia such as Theresienstadt