Chronology of World War II
Wednesday, October 16th
Construction of Ghetto Wall
The Warsaw Ghetto was established on October 16, 1940. Frank ordered Jews in Warsaw and its suburbs rounded up and herded into the Ghetto. At this time, the population in the Ghetto was estimated to be 400,000 people, about 30% of the population of Warsaw, however, the size of the Ghetto was about 2.4% of the city's size.