where did the ghettos originate?
"ghetto" originated from the name of the Jewish quarter in Venice, established in 1516, in which the Venetian authorities compelled the city's Jews to live
what were they and what was their purpose?
separating Jewish communities from the non-Jewish population and from other Jewish communities
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