 The food rations allocated by the Germans to the ghettos condemned their inhabitants to starvation.Smuggling of food into the ghettos and smuggling of goods out of the ghettos, organized by Jews and Poles, was the only means of subsistence of the Jewish population in the ghettos.The price difference between the Aryan and Jewish sides was large, reaching as much as 100%, but the penalty for aiding Jews was death.