Show nazis revived ghettos ghettos were abolished by the liberal movement in france in the century says britannica and the last vestige of this type of segregation disappeared with the capture of rome in medieval jewry ghettos were the districts where jewish people congregated and were sometimes compelled to live these areas were usually enclosed with walls and gates but within their ghettos jews enjoyed a considerable amount of autonomy under their own authorities contrary to the nazi version of the ghetto |