Healthgrades Editorial Staff. Occipital neuralgia is a disorder in which a problem with the occipital nerve in the back of the skull causes pain between the back of the head and the scalp, as well as pain, tingling, numbness, weakness, and possible damage to the nerves and muscles in the back of the neck.
This was originally an Italian word for small areas in Italian towns, where Jews were compelled to live exclusively. The first ghetto was set up by Pope Paul IV, in Rome, in 1555.
February 12, 1940 - First deportation of German Jews into occupied Poland. April 9, 1940 - Nazis invade Denmark (Jewish pop. 8,000) and Norway (Jewish pop. 2,000). April 30, 1940 - The Lodz Ghetto in occupied Poland is sealed off from the outside world with 230,000 Jews locked inside.