Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
On July 16-17, 1942, in one of the most brutal and overt deportation operations, thousands of French police gathered up 12,884 Parisian Jews-including families with children, and irrespective of sex, age, and physical condition-and placed them in the Velodrome d´Hiver stadium without any provisions whatsoever. In several locations, children were separated from their parents. The victims were loaded aboard cattle cars and sent to Drancy en route to Auschwitz. This deportation evoked the first substantial manifestations of opposition to the
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Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
On July 19, Himmler issued a deadline for the completion of the “Final Solution” in the Generalgouvernement: “It is my order that the evacuation of the entire Jewish population in the Generalgouvernement area be carried out and completed by December 31, 1942. As of December 31, 1942, no persons of Jewish origin shall be present in the Generalgouvernement. The means to be used are those in accordance with the spirit of the new European arrangement, as are vital to achieve
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Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
On July 21, a day after the Ninth of Av-memorial day for the destruction of the ancient Temples in Jerusalem-20,000 people gathered at Madison Square Garden in New York, with additional thousands standing outside, to protest against the Nazis´ atrocities. The participants issued a communique lauding the valorous spirit of the trapped Jews and urging the United Nations to give thought to the Jews´ tragedy and to express their resolve to bring the Nazis to trial. The statement expressed the
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