Antisemitic laws and decrees had been increasing from the time that the Nazis rose to power, with over 400 passed between 1933 and 1938. Kristallnacht marked a dramatic escalation in the Nazi’s treatment of Jews.
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These labels translate to say Do not buy from Jews. Whilst their exact provenance is unknown, it is likely that these labels were handed out to encourage the boycott of Jewish shops and businesses.
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In February 1940, 160,000 Jews living in Łódź were forced into a four square kilometre area of the city and sealed off from the rest of the city by a barbed wire fence, creating the Łódź ghetto.
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A postcard sent to the Łódź or ‘Litzmannstadt’ ghetto in July 1942, and addressed to the ‘Ältesten der Jude’, the leaders of the Jewish council.
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In the summer of 1938 Hitler demanded the annexation of the Sudetenland, the northern part of Czechoslovakia, into Germany
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"At the end of June 1942 the deportations to Poland began on a large scale"
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#OnThisDay in 1920 Hitler announced the Nazi Party's 25-point programme. Party members declared their intention to segregate Jews from "Aryan" society and revoke Jewish rights
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On the 8 November 1923, Hitler attempted to pull off a military coup and overthrow the Weimar Republic
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On the 8 November 1923, Hitler attempted to pull off a military coup and overthrow the Weimar Republic
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Due to the extremely poor conditions, 33,000 people died over the course of its existence. A further 90,000 people were deported to the east and almost certain death
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#OnThisDay in 1934, Adolf Hitler abolished the office of president and declared himself Führer of the German Reich and People
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The Ukrainian Jewish population were fearful of the invasion, having heard reports of the Nazi persecution in Germany and beyond.
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#OnThisDay in 1934 The Night of Long Knives, also known as the Röhm Putsch, was carried out by the SS and the Gestapo. Over 150 people were murdered and hundreds arrested
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#OnThisDay in 1934 The Night of Long Knives, also known as the Röhm Putsch, was carried out by the SS and the Gestapo. Over 150 people were murdered and hundreds arrested
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By November 1923, Weimar Germany was in the grip of Hyperinflation
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By November 1923, Weimar Germany was in the grip of Hyperinflation
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A pamphlet titled: ‘The silent village: a story of Wales and Lidice based on the Crown film unit production’, produced in 1943.
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#OnThisDay in 1942, 998 Jews were deported from Dossin in Belgium to Auschwitz. The German occupying authorities deported approximately 25,000 Jews from Belgium. Less than 2,000 Jews returned
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