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Tag : Holocaust

1941-06-27Lasi Pogrom

Romanian government forces perpetrate one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history. At least 13,266 Jewish residents were murdered during the violence.

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1940-11-16Warsaw Ghetto Closed

The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of the ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe. The Nazis closed the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world, building a wall with armed guards.

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1940-10-12Warsaw Ghetto Created

The Warsaw Ghetto was established by the Governor-General Hans Frank. At this time, the population in the Ghetto was estimated to be 400,000, about 30% of the population of Warsaw. However, the size of the Ghetto was about 2.4% of the size of Warsaw.

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1939-07-06Jewish Businesses Closed

The last remaining Jewish owned businesses in Germany are closed down by the Nazi regime.

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1938-11-091938-11-10Kristallnacht

The Night of Broken Glass was a pogrom in Nazi Germany and Austria which changed the nature of persecution from economic, political, and social to the physical with beatings, incarceration, and murder; often referred to as the beginning of the Holocaust

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1938-08-07Mauthausen-Gusen

Prisoners from Dachau were sent to the town of Mauthausen near Linz, Austria, to begin the construction of a new camp. After it's completion between 122,766 and 320,000 people were murdered at Mauthausen-Gusen.

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