|
||||||
|
2010 HOLOCAUST DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE, APRIL 11–18 “When I was liberated in 1945 by the American Army, somehow many of us were convinced that at least one lesson will have been learned—that never again will there be war, that hatred is not an option, that racism is stupid…. I was so hopeful.” Pictorial record Hungarian Jews arrive at Auschwitz May 44 The photos were taken at the end of May or beginning of June 1944, either by Ernst Hofmann or by Bernhard Walter, two SS men whose task was to take ID photos and fingerprints of the inmates (not of the Jews who were sent [...] Prewar German Laws Against The Jews Time-line Antisemitism and the persecution of Jews represented a central tenet of Nazi ideology. In their 25-point Party Program, published in 1920, Nazi party members publicly declared their intention to segregate Jews from “Aryan” society and to abrogate Jews’ political, legal, and civil rights. Nazi leaders began to make good on [...] Auschwitz Concentration Camp Timeline 1940-1945 AUSCHWITZ CAMP OPENS Auschwitz February 23, 1943 On February 23, 1943 39 prisoners, boys aged 13 to 17 were brought from Auschwitz II-Birkenau to block 20 at Auschwitz I. They were moved on the pretext that they should participate in a nursing course. In the evening all were killed with phenol heart injections done by the second SDG SS-Unterscharführer [...] Holocaust 1944 Key Dates January 22 |
|||||
|
Copyright © 2010 Holocaust History. Holocaust Resources. Holocaust Rememberance. - All Rights Reserved |
||||||
