Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
For much of the war period, Italian Jews were not deported to the extermination camps, but on 8 September 1943, Italy surrendered to the Allies, and in response, Germany took control of most Italian territory. The Italian Jews residing in the areas under German occupation were thus subjected to the racial laws. Between September 1943 and January 1944, at least 3,110 Jews were deported from Italy to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 2,224 of whom are known to have perished. By December 1944, another
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Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
The ghetto was liquidated for good on September 23-24. Some 3,700 men and women were transported to concentration camps in Estonia and Latvia. More than 4,000 children, women, and the elderly were sent to the Sobibor extermination camp, where they were murdered. Several hundred elderly and ill Jews were taken to Ponary and murdered there. About 2,500 Jews were left behind in labor camps in Vilna. More than 1,000 went into hiding in the depopulated ghetto, but nearly all were
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Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
Reports regarding the planned deportation of Danish Jews were leaked to various Danish public groups by George Duckwitz, a member of the German legation in Copenhagen. The information evoked a spontaneous response. The Danish resistance warned the Jews, helped them go into hiding, and moved them to the coast where, with the assistance of the Danish fishermen, they crossed to Sweden. On the night of October 1-2, 1943, German police began arresting Jews in all parts of Denmark. After the
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