The ghetto was established in 1944, its entrance was accessible from Wesselényi street. More than 70.000 people crowded in the synagogue and surrounding buildings. Many of them starved or died of disease or were murdered by nazis, they were burried in the courtyard of the synagogue. Most of them are now burried in Jewish cemeteries, however 7000 unidentified dead are still placed here. A fragment of the wall of the ghetto was left at the courtyard to remind forthcoming generations of the sacrifices of thousands of innocent people.