1. By Des Quinn and Martin Williams This slide show will play automatically

2. Jews within Nazi occupied Europe were put into walled-off areas called ghettos. The walls were very high with barbed wire on the top. Once inside it was very difficult to get out without permission. Conditions within the ghettos were awful and many people starved to death or were struck down by illness.

3. Jewish people exchange goods for food. Image courtesy of Des Quinn

5. Queuing for food and to get documents stamped. Image courtesy of Des Quinn

6. A Postcard from the ghetto that never reached its destination. Image courtesy of Des Quinn

8. Planning how to move the Jews out of the ghetto. Image courtesy of Des Quinn

9. People are rounded up before being sent to Concentration Camps. Image courtesy of Des Quinn

11. A group of soldiers whose job it was to round up Jews. Image courtesy of Des Quinn

13. We should never forget what happened to these brave people. This was a terrible time and one that we should all be aware of so that nothing like it ever happens again. Image courtesy of Des Quinn