Written by zachor_foundation on August 4, 2020
Lesser family escapes to Bochnia in the middle of the night
The New York Times reports that Nazis have machine-gunned over 100,000 Jews in Baltic states, 100,000 in Poland and twice as many in western Russia
London Daily Telegraph reports that over 1,000,000 Jews have already been killed by Nazis
Swiss representatives of World Jewish Congress pass information to London and Washington regarding Nazi plan to exterminate all Jews
Open-pit burning of Jews begins at Auschwitz
Written by zachor_foundation on August 4, 2020
March: Ben and family leave Krakow for Niepolomice
SS murder squads (Finsatzgruppen) begin operations in Poland
Japanese attack US at Pearl Harbor
US/Great Britain declare war on Japan
Hitler declares war on US
The MV Struma leaves Romania for Palestine carrying 769 Jews but British deny permission for the passengers to disembark. It sails back into the Black Sea and is sunk by a Russian submarine as an “enemy target”
Mass killings of Jews using Zyklon B gas begin at Auschwitz Birkenau with the bodies being
Read More
Written by zachor_foundation on August 4, 2020
The MS St. Louis, with 930 Jewish refugees, is turned away by Cuba, the US and other countries, returning to Europe, where many perish in concentration camps
Great Britain and France declare war on Germany
Soviet troops invade eastern Poland
Yellow stars are required to be worn by Polish Jews over age 10
Oswiecim (Auschwitz) near Krakow, chosen as the site of a new concentration camp
Poland’s Łódz Ghetto, with 230,000 Jews, the Krakow Ghetto, containing 70,000 Jews and the Warsaw Ghetto, containing over 400,000
Read More
