 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Ghetto reNazi rakagadzwa muIrena muna November 1940 kana kuti kutanga kwa1941, zvichida pamurayiro waKurt Lenk, mutariri mutsva womunda womunharaunda yacho. Vamwe vaJudha vakamanikidzwa kubva mumisha yavo vachienda kughetto. Chinangwa chacho zvimwe chaiva chokuchengeta vaJudha kure nenzvimbo mbiri dzechiuto dzaiva pedyo, nhandare yendege yeLuftwaffe nenzvimbo yechiuto cheGermany, izvo zvakazadzwa nemauto mukugadzirira kupinda kweSoviet Union muna 1941. Chirevo chokutanga ghetto hachina kubudiswa zviri pamutemo kutozosvikira muna 1942. Kusvikira muna 1942, Irena yakanga iri ghetto rakazaruka pakanga pasina fenzi chaiyo, kunyange zvazvo chirango chokubva pasina mvumo chakanga chiri rufu chaiva nemigwagwa mitanhatu. Miganhu yayo pakutanga yakanga iri Okólna Street, Rwizi rweIrenka, Bankowa, uye Staromiejska Streets. Staromiejska Street yakabviswa mu ghetto muna September 1942; vagari vayo vakatamira kuBankowa. Pakutanga, vaisava vaJudha vaibvumirwa kupinda uye zvichida kugara mughetto racho, saka vaJudha vakawanda vaikwanisa kurarama nokuchinjanisa zvinhu zvokunyama nezvokudya navo. Chikoro chokunyika chomutauro wePolish, chaitungamirirwa naAida Milgroijm-Citronbojm, chakarayiridza vadzidzi 70 kusvika ku100. Mapurisa eGhetto echiJuda aichengetedza runyararo mukati meghetto, uye kunze kwaichengetwa ne Special Services unit yaive nemunharaunda maGerman emarudzi uye maUkraine Auxiliary Police. Boka racho raizivikanwa nokurova, kunyadzisa, uye kuuraya vasungwa vomumaguta. 