The term ghetto, originally derived from the Venetian dialect in Italy during the 16th century, has multiple variations in meaning. The primary perception of the word is "synonymous with segregation" (Bassi). The ghetto's first defining moment as a Jewish neighborhood was in 16th-century Italy; however, the term is directly related to the beginning of the horror that the Jewish population faced during the reign of Adolf Hitler. “No ancient ghetto knew the terror and suffering of the ghettos under Hitler” (Weisel, After the Darkness 20). Under Hitler's terror, there were multiple ghettos in different cities of numerous countries of varying size and population. Ghettos also differed in purpose; some were temporary housing until deportation to the Final Solution while others trained for forced labor. Although life in the ghetto was far better than that of a concentration camp, it had torment, fear and death in common. The armed forces pushed thousands of Jewish people into segregated areas of the city. These areas, known as ghettos, were small. The large Sighet ghetto, described by Elie Wiesel in The Night, consisted of just four streets and originally housed around ten thousand Jews. Families forced to move could only take what they could carry, leaving most of their belongings and their lives behind. Forced into the designated district, “fifteen to twenty-four people occupied a single room” (Fischthal). Living conditions were overcrowded and food was scarce. In the Dąbrowa Górnicza ghetto the morning routine was to queue for bread rations, but “for the Jews and the dogs there is no bread” (qtd. in Fischthal). Cut off from the rest of civilization, the Jews relied on the Nazis for... half of paper... this way of life was only temporary, they did their job to protect others from having to foul. However, there was always the fear of deportation and not returning or, worse, being shot on the spot. Some Jews were aware of what life in the ghetto meant for their future, while others lived in an illusion. The population of Sighet, easily influenced from the beginning by the courteous behavior of the Germans, believed by blind faith that no harm would befall them. However, Hanna Berliner Fischthal states the truth better: “the ghettos into which they [Jews] are forced are temporary places of detention that allow the Germans… to easily round up residents for the Final Solution.” If only they had known about the final solution, they could have escaped. Instead, the majority were murdered and the rest endured years of pain and misery that will haunt them forever.