http://www.vosizneias.com/36468/2009/08/10/new-york-lessons-from-a-wwii-ghetto-resonate-with-doctors-today/

After reading the first chapters of “The Cage,” written by Ruth Minsky Sender, I now have a better understanding of the Jewish struggles within the ghetto. Within the story, the author describes the ghettos in Lodz as a cage. The city is surrounded by barbed wire to prevent anyone from escaping. The city was overpopulated and placed in small, cross proximity living spaces. Work opportunities are limited, men spent their days roaming the streets trying to find employment while mothers cried at the sight of their children not able to go to school. Families were separated due to the Nazis took people away or killing them freely. Nazis were set up around the city and could treat Jews as they pleased, this includes shooting at them. Many people, including children within the ghetto, contracted diseases, such as tuberculosis, and would be taken away by the Nazis, killed, or die of natural causes. Leaving many children as orphans and having to fend for themselves. Hundreds of people died daily and could not be helped. Doctors were unable to help people only tell them what was wrong. Malnutrition and bad living conditions were often ways they could get better but were unable to do so if they stayed in the ghetto.