Displaying: 1 10 of 10 matches for “persecuted in the holocaust”
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1. In 1938 . . .
for their own persecution. Germany expanded its territory by annexing Austria in March and the ... refugee crisis and Nazi Germany’s actions in the Holocaust Encyclopedia. ... Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia in September. The peacetime US Army ranked 17th in the world, both in size and
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2. In 1933 . . .
Nazi Germany’s persecution of Europe’s Jews in the Holocaust Encyclopedia. ... In 1933 . . . On his first day as president, Franklin D. Roosevelt told Americans: “The only thing ... we have to fear is fear itself.” In the fourth year of the Great Depression, 25 percent of US
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3. Friends
Jewish friends and even join in the efforts to persecute them? ... trusted—their friends. For many survivors of the Holocaust, sudden betrayals by friends are among ... Friends Friends Victims of Nazi racism often faced persecution from people they knew well and
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4. Neighbors
of European Jews during the Holocaust. Even in once-peaceful, tolerant communities, people turned ... Neighbors Neighbors Many people across Europe joined the Nazi regime’s persecution and murder ... against their Jewish neighbors. Why? And what moved a rare few to help those in danger? Amid the turmoil
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5. Teenagers
pressure to conform with Nazi policies? While most teenagers joined adults in the persecution of Jews, how ... Teenagers Teenagers Teenagers faced a unique set of challenges and choices during the Holocaust ... Many confronted situations that forced them to take on adult roles and responsibilities. In other ... settings, they had fewer choices than the adults around them. What made teenagers especially vulnerable to
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6. Not a Governmental Affair
about what Americans could have known about Nazi Germany’s persecution of Europe’s Jews in the Holocaust ... Messersmith, US Consul General, Berlin, July 26, 1933 American diplomats in Germany were well aware of the ... Nazi persecution of Jews and political opponents. Yet the US government respected Germany’s right to ... Not a Governmental Affair “It has been a favorite pastime of the SA men to attack the Jews and one
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7. Workers
Workers Workers Some ordinary people played a role in the Holocaust simply by doing their jobs ... the Nazi persecution and murder of European Jews. A rare few decided to risk their jobs—and ... their lives—to help the victims.
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8. Police
with other officers, and a sense of duty also led many police to join in the persecution and murder of ... the Holocaust. Many police officers were not Nazis or extremists. Nevertheless, they often arrested ... Jews, while others claimed to be following orders. Opportunities to advance in the workplace, bonds ... Police Police Nazi leaders relied on local police in Germany and across Europe to help carry out
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9. Some Were Neighbors
Some Were Neighbors Some Were Neighbors How was the Holocaust possible? The central role of Adolf ... Hitler and other Nazi leaders in the murder of six million Jews is indisputable. But they could not carry ... out of hatred for Jews, but many others weighed various pressures and incentives in responding to the ... this out alone. The Nazis had help from millions of ordinary people across Europe. Some Europeans acted
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10. Narrow Escape
the Holocaust; they moved to the United States in 1946. Amsterdam The Netherlands ... Narrow Escape Creating Tools to Find and Target Victims Narrow Escape For Jews living in the ... Netherlands and across Europe during the Holocaust, identity cards were a matter of life and death. These ... “Jew”) in 1940. The couple managed to avoid harassment by Dutch police and German occupation