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226. Women survivors in Bergen-Belsen watch British troops forcing former SS guards to bury corpses in a mass grave.
not subjected to forced labor. However, beginning in the spring of 1944 the situation deteriorated ... Army retreated in the face of the advancing Allies, the concentration camps were evacuated and their ... prisoners sent to Belsen. The facilites in the camp were unable to accommodate the sudden influx of ... thousands of prisoners and all basic services -- food, water and sanitation -- collapsed, leading to the
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227. German-Jewish leader, Julius Brodnitz, attends a sporting event in 1934.
became one of the most eminent German-Jewish attorneys. He also was active in Jewish communal causes ... He became a founding member of the Centralverein, an organization dedicated to combating antisemitism ... -1936). He also served on the board of ORT. After the rise of Hitler, Julius Brodnitz became a ... founding member of the National Representation (Reichsvertretung) in 1933. Though not a Zionist, he
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228. German soldiers force Jewish men to perform calisthenics on Eleftheria (Freedom) Square in Salonika.
In the first large scale public action against the Jews of Salonika, General Kurt von Krenzski, the ... In the first large scale public action against the Jews of Salonika, General Kurt von Krenzski, the ... (Freedom) Square on the morning of 11 July 1942 to register for work details. Instead of receiving work ... Italian soldiers humiliated them in front of the non-Jewish population by forcing them to perform
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229. German soldiers force Jews assembled on Eleftheria (Freedom) Square to perform calisthenics.
In the first large scale public action against the Jews of Salonika, General Kurt von Krenzski, the ... In the first large scale public action against the Jews of Salonika, General Kurt von Krenzski, the ... (Freedom) Square on the morning of 11 July 1942 to register for work details. Instead of receiving work ... Italian soldiers humiliated them in front of the non-Jewish population by forcing them to perform
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230. A large crowd gathers in an auditorium for a rally for sign blood and soil
his leadership in the May 1940 invasion of France and the April 1941 Balkans campaign. In June 1941 ... Hitler" [In memory of my service with the SS bodyguards of Adolf Hitler]. The original owner of the ... album is thought to be Gerhard Pleiss. The album was brought this back from Europe by the father of the ... Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Wendie Theus
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231. A Jewish born woman in hiding conducts a school orchestra in a Catholic school near Budapest.
Judit Schichtanz is the daughter of Lorand and Ella (Lichtig) Schichtanz. She was born April 14 ... 19 Judit Schichtanz is the daughter of Lorand and Ella (Lichtig) Schichtanz. She was born April 14 ... teacher. The Jewish family was quite assimilated and always had a Christmas tree at home. After one of ... occupation of Hungary in March 1944, but two months later, on May 17, Lorand was drafted into the Hungarian
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232. Reichsfuehrer-SS Heinrich Himmler holding his daughter Gudrun while seated in an audience.
Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945), Reichsfuehrer-SS, head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS, and Minister ... Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945), Reichsfuehrer-SS, head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS, and Minister of the ... Interior of Nazi Germany from 1943 to 1945. Himmler, born in Munich, was the son of a pious Catholic ... the Eleventh Bavarian Regiment. After World War I Himmler studied agriculture at the Munich School of
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233. German spectators at a Nazi rally stand alongside a monument decorated with Nazi flags and a swastika emblem in Berlin.
footage of wartime Europe to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. ... and culture of individuals and communities in a variety of countries around the globe. He never ... received formal training as a photographer, but learned during the course of his many travels. Bryan ... soldiers from the battlefield of Verdun to hospitals. During his college years Bryan started making
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234. Reichsfuehrer-SS Heinrich Himmler holding his daughter Gudrun at a function at her elementary school in Berlin-Dahlem.
Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945), Reichsfuehrer-SS, head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS, and Minister ... Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945), Reichsfuehrer-SS, head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS, and Minister of the ... Interior of Nazi Germany from 1943 to 1945. Himmler, born in Munich, was the son of a pious Catholic ... the Eleventh Bavarian Regiment. After World War I Himmler studied agriculture at the Munich School of
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235. Students at a school for Jewish DPs in Munich, attend a demonstration calling for free immigration to Palestine.
Grigory (now Zvi) Griliches is the son of Yefim and Clara Griliches. He was born September 12 ... 1931 Grigory (now Zvi) Griliches is the son of Yefim and Clara Griliches. He was born September 12 ... In August 1941, soon after the German invasion of Lithuania, the family was forced to move to a one ... family from deportation during the Great Action of October 1941. During his first two years in the