Displaying: 1 5 of 5 matches for “persecuted in the holocaust”
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1. Persecution of Roma (Gypsies), 1939-1945
for persecution by the Nazi regime. Roma were subjected to internment ... also killed tens of thousands of Roma in the German-occupied eastern territories. The fate of the Roma
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2. The Holocaust
The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and ... Nazis came to power in Germany in January 1933. They believed that the Germans belonged to a race
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3. The Voyage of the St. Louis
fleeing from the Third Reich. The German annexation of Austria in March 1938 ... the increase in personal assaults on Jews during the spring and summer, the nationwide ... Kristallnacht ("Night of Broken Glass") pogrom in November, and the subsequent seizure of Jewish-owned property ... had caused a flood of visa applications. The plight of German-Jewish refugees, persecuted at home and
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4. Voyage of the "St. Louis," May 13-June 17, 1939
The plight of German-Jewish refugees, persecuted at home and unwanted abroad, is illustrated by ... permission to land. The "St. Louis" was forced to return to Europe in June 1939 ... had entered those countries were caught up in the Final Solution, the
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5. Jewish emigration from Germany, 1933-1940
Between 1933 and 1939, Jews in Germany were subjected to arrest, economic boycott, the loss of ... civil rights and citizenship, incarceration in concentration camps, random violence, and the state ... -organized Kristallnacht ("Night of Broken Glass") pogrom. Jews reacted to Nazi persecution in a number of ... institutions and social organizations. However, in the face of increasing repression and physical violence