A committee of Jewish representatives in Jewish locations set up by the Nazis, to assist them in the administration of their policies.
"Jewish council" (German) - Usually referring to a group of Jews who enacted the German laws in the ghettos.
Jewish councils set up by the Nazis to maintain order within the ghettos and carry out the orders of the German army.
"Jewish Council," a group of Jews selected by the Germans to run the ghettos.
Jewish Council, administrative organizations set up in each ghetto by the German occupation forces to and administer the ghettos.
Council of Jewish "elders" established on Nazi orders in an occupied area.
Committee of Jewish representatives in ghettos, areas and countries, established by the Nazis (but very often selected also by the Jews to represent them towards the German authorities). The Nazis saw them as aides in administering their policies and doing their bidding. The Jews saw in them often a leadership that would attempt to ease the persecutions. Judenräte is the plural.
The official Jewish leadership within a ghetto
Judenräte (singular Judenrat; German for "Jewish council") were administrative bodies that the Germans required Jews to form in each ghetto in General Government (the Nazi-occupied territory of Poland) and later in the occupied territories of the Soviet Union.
