Wallerstein defines the world-systems analysis in fact as a historical-social discipline developed after the World War II. But actually the capitalism theory elaborated by Marx and Engels was unquestionable a “world-systems” theory, which can be proven by many citations. They even studied the consequences of the surviving pre-capitalist relations. Nevertheless, the role of the world-systems analysis should be highlighted in understanding the present global capitalism as a unified system.

This study reveals an area of the holocaust, which is less discussed in the scientific literature in Hungary. The Nazis set up ghettos in the occupied soviet areas immediately. The author presents the conditions of establishing these ghettos, their way of operation and movingly depicts their life: the hardships facing inmates, and what could they achieve concerning education and health care.