Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
Pest, half of the city of Budapest, was liberated on January 16. There are no accurate data on the number of Jews who survived in this city, but it is estimated at 70,000. Some 25,000 were living under diplomatic protection and another 25,000 were in hiding, in some cases with forged “Aryan” papers. In all, about 120,000 Jews eventually returned to Budapest. Although Hungary surrendered to the Soviet Union on January 20, Nazi units held positions in Buda until mid-February
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Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
After the Polish uprising in Warsaw broke out on August 1, 1944, Hitler issued orders to reduce the city to rubble and establish a fortress in its place. Once the uprising was quelled, some of the city´s Polish inhabitants were deported. In October-December 1944, the Germans methodically destroyed many of Warsaw´s antiquities and collections of cultural artifacts. The Soviet and Polish armies began an offensive in early January 1945, and liberated tcity on January 17. In the course of the
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Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
In the middle of January 1945, the Soviet Army began an offensive in the direction of Cracow and Auschwitz. As the Nazis retreated hastily, they sent 58,000 prisoners, mostly Jews, out of the camp on “death marches” in the direction of concentration and labor camps in Germany. Most of the marchers were murdered en route; others were put to death before they left the camp. In the frantic retreat that had been forced on them, the Germans were unable to
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