What were ghettos? (second paragraph)

Originally, areas of medieval cities in which Jews were compelled to live. Today the term usually refers to sections of American cities inhabited by the poor.

Explanation:

a place where groups of people are kept forcibly segregated from others. The Nazis used ghettos to isolate and contain the Jewish population

Explanation:

so they can differentiate themselves from others as they saw themselves as the superior race. the star was basically a symbol that meant you are a less of a person than i am because of my race. the star was also degrading for those who had to wear it because they were aware of this and the nazis used the notion to make them feel less like a person.