Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee established in USSR

Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014

After Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, a people´s assembly on the air was organized under the slogan of Soviet Jews´ unity with “their Jewish brethren” around the world. The Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee first met in Kuybyshev, where some of the institutions of state had moved when the German army advanced toward Moscow. The Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee was one of a set of anti-Fascist committees that operated under the Ministry of Propaganda. The committee urged world Jewry, especially that in the

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Einsatzgruppen report: No Jews left in Crimea

Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014

In April 1942, the Crimean Peninsula was declared Judenfrei-cleansed of Jews. When the Axis occupied most of the Crimea in October 1941, the area had a Jewish population of 50,000-60,000. They were murdered by the Einsatzgruppen units, with active assistance from the local population.

Pinsk Ghetto established

Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014

On April 30, the Germans ordered the Jews of Pinsk to move into the ghetto by 4:00 p.m. on May 1. More than 20,000 persons were packed into the ghetto, a cramped area in a slum quarter.