9.) What was the Judenrat? What was the official reason for the Judenrat? What was its real purpose?

The Jusdenrat was a council that represented the Jewish community. The council was responsible for organizing the orderly deportation to the death camps, detailing the number of the Jews who lived in the ghettos, as well as distributing food and medical supplies. The official reason for the council was given as aid to the Jews; its real purpose was to make the council accountable for many of the deaths in the camps and labor force.