Jewish council. The Gestapo established Judenr
Judenräte (singular Judenrat; German for `Jewish council`) were administrative bodies during the Second World War that the Germans required Jews to form in the German occupied territory. It is the overall term for the enforcement bodies established by the Nazi occupiers to manage Jewish communities in German-occupied areas, although the Nazis e.....
Jewish councils set up within the ghettos to maintain order and carry out the orders of the German army.