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‘Skeletons of dead stroll down the street’: The sealing of the Warsaw Ghetto, 85 years on

Jews spoke of feeling ‘entombed’ once the Ghetto was sealed. Photo: ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images / Linda D. Epstein/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
Jews spoke of feeling ‘entombed’ once the Ghetto was sealed. Photo: ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images / Linda D. Epstein/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

85 years ago, the Germans sealed what would become Europe’s largest Jewish ghetto.