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A mannequin of a Jewish money lender with his ledger books sits in a museum of what was once the 16th century “Banco Rosso” pawn shop in the world’s first ghetto in Venice northern Italy, March 22, 2016. The Jews of the world's first ghetto, marking its 500th anniversary, advise patience and integration to Europe as it struggles with the challenge of mass migration. In March 1516 the leader of the Venetian Republic and his senate decreed to confine the city's Jews on an island. Venice gave the world the word "ghetto", with its infamous connotations through the centuries. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi SEARCH "VENICE GHETTO" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES
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