Some Jewish families had settled in the former homelands in 1301. The Jewish Hospital in Warsaw is forced to close and move into the Warsaw Ghetto. General Government forbids the granting of any more visas to Polish Jews. Italy invades Greece. Warsaw ghetto is officialy declared to be in existence.
Work begins to build walls to circle district.
Vichy Frances orders all Jewish businesses to be sold or expropriated for Aryanization. Warsaw ghetto is permanently closed . Jews no longer had access to anything, or business, outside of ghetto. A Christian is killed by German soldiers for throwing bread into the Warsaw ghetto. Close to 400,000 Jews would be contained within approximately 37,200 apartments.