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29451. Kovno
Lithuania, was the country's capital and largest city. In 1939, it had a Jewish population of approximately ... . Kovno was also a center of Jewish learning. The yeshiva in Slobodka, an impoverished district of the ... city, was one of Europe's most prestigious institutions of higher Jewish learning. Kovno had a rich and ... varied Jewish culture. The city had almost 100 Jewish organizations, 40 synagogues, 5 daily newspapers, a
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29452. Hidden Children: Quest for Family
had placed in convents, orphanages, or with foster families. Local Jewish committees in Europe tried ... Cross and Jewish relief organizations aided the searches, but often the quests were protracted because ... knowledge of their Jewish origins. The only family that most had known was that of their rescuers ... Consequently, when relatives or Jewish organizations discovered them, they were typically apprehensive and
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29453. Tehran Children
exceeding the number originally agreed upon. Among the civilians were 1,000 Jewish children, the majority of ... . The involvement of the Jewish Agency for Palestine (a quasi-governmental organization that served the ... administrative needs of the Jewish community during the British Mandate) was a crucial component in the story of ... the children in Tehran. While these Jewish children were still scattered in the southern part of the
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29454. The Unspeakable
May 10, 1940. In addition, anti-Jewish laws were introduced gradually to avoid alarming the Jewish ... the invasion began on May 10, 1940. In addition, anti-Jewish laws were introduced gradually to avoid ... alarming the Jewish population, which might have provoked disobedience among Jews and opposition from ... Judenrat (Jewish councils established by the German authorities throughout occupied Europe to facilitate
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29455. Dr. Kierra Crago-Schneider
relationships formed between Holocaust survivors living in Jewish-only displaced persons centers in Germany ... the conditions, interactions, and continued antisemitism faced by Jewish survivors in the wake of ... participated in the 2012 workshop, “Exploring the Plight and Path of Jewish Refugees, Survivors, and Displaced ... Persons working on her project, “Neighbors or Nemeses? A Study of Polish and Jewish Displaced Persons in
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29456. "Aryanization"
Arisierung) refers to the transfer of Jewish-owned property to non-Jews in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. It ... aimed to transfer Jewish-owned economic enterprises to “Aryan,” that is, non-Jewish ownership ... German state encouraged Jewish businessmen, who were already facing economic and social discrimination ... In early 1933, there were about 100,000 Jewish-owned businesses in Germany. About half of these were
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29457. The Nazi Olympics Berlin 1936
organizations. "Non-Aryans"—Jews or individuals with Jewish parents and Roma ... Seelig in April 1933 because he was Jewish. (Seelig later resumed his boxing career in the United States ... .) Another Jewish athlete, Daniel Prenn—Germany's top-ranked tennis player—was removed from Germany's Davis ... excluded from the German Olympic team in 1936. Jewish athletes barred from German sports clubs
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29458. German Jews during the Holocaust
Nazi regime had brought radical and daunting social, economic, and communal change to the German Jewish ... disenfranchised Germany's Jewish citizenry and had expelled Jews from the professions and from commercial life. By ... early 1939, only about 16 percent of Jewish breadwinners had steady employment of any kind. Thousands of ... in November 1938. World War II Yet the most drastic changes for the German Jewish
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29459. Stephen S. Wise
Stephen Wise (1874–1949) was a prominent US Jewish leader in the 1933–1945 period. Born ... Wise became a Zionist, committed to the establishment of a Jewish state. He attributed this to his ... committed Great Britain to facilitate the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine. Wise founded ... the American Jewish Congress in 1920, became president of the Zionist Organization of America in 1936
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29460. Jews and Christians: The Unfolding Interfaith Relationship
Christian teachings? How have these questions been addressed within the interfaith Jewish-Christian ... teachings as a justification for anti-Jewish rhetoric and policies. Some church leaders, however, did ... United States, many of these leaders had been involved in Jewish-Christian dialogue and interfaith work ... Commission on International Justice and Goodwill, to reduce anti-Jewish, anti-Catholic, and racial prejudice
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29461. Warsaw
the city was a major center of Jewish life and culture in Poland. Warsaw's prewar Jewish population of ... more than 350,000 constituted about 30 percent of the city's total population. The Warsaw Jewish ... Jewish council (Judenrat) under the leadership of a Jewish engineer named Adam Czerniaków ... As chairman of the Jewish council, Czerniaków had to administer the soon-to-be established ghetto and
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29462. Children during the Holocaust
and its collaborators killed about 1.5 million Jewish children and tens of thousands of Romani (Gypsy ... as many Polish children and children residing in the German-occupied Soviet Union. Jewish and non ... -Jewish adolescents (13–18 years old) had a greater chance of survival, as they could be used for ... forced labor. The fates of Jewish and non-Jewish children can be categorized in the following
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29463. Denmark
Jewish Population of Denmark ... approximately 4,500 German and eastern European Jewish refugees. Around 3,000 of these new arrivals were known ... before emigration to Palestine. When Germany occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940, the Jewish ... . Considering the relatively small Jewish population and the support most Danes gave to their fellow Jewish
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29464. The Farhud
remainder scattered throughout many small towns and villages. Jewish communities had existed in this region ... they lived in separate communities. Jewish assimilation into Muslim society was rare. With the ... enjoyed the right to vote and hold elected office. The Jewish community had between four and six ... the bazaars, many of which were owned by Jews. Arab notables sent night watchmen to protect Jewish
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29465. Berlin
The Jewish Community of Berlin According to a census of June 16, 1933, the Jewish ... population of Berlin, Germany's capital city, was about 160,000. Berlin's Jewish community was the largest in ... Jews emigrated from Berlin. Berlin's Jewish population fell to about 80,000 people as a result of ... and discrimination after 1933. On April 1, 1933, Jewish stores and businesses were
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29466. The International League Against Anti-Semitism in North Africa
Jewish ... communities in North Africa Generally speaking, anti-Jewish ... city of Constantine alone, 59 such episodes could be counted between 1929 and 1934. Jewish responses to ... propaganda and advocate for a shared Muslim-Jewish administration of Palestine. Echoing the goals of
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29467. 1938: Key Dates
against Jewish persons and property follows in Vienna and other cities ... Hungary adopts comprehensive anti-Jewish laws and measures, excluding Jews from many professions ... Conference in Evian, France. They discuss options for settling Jewish refugees ... decrees that all Jewish men residing in Germany and bearing names not recognizable as "Jewish" must adopt
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29468. The Kielce Pogrom: A Blood Libel Massacre of Holocaust Survivors
to demolish violently.” Historically, the term refers to violent attacks by local non-Jewish ... officers, and civilians murdered at least 42 Jews and injured over 40 in the worst outburst of anti-Jewish ... intent of discouraging the return of Jewish Holocaust survivors to Poland ... While the pogrom was not an isolated instance of anti-Jewish violence in postwar Poland, the Kielce
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29469. Poster Translations
and from toleration of anti-Jewish measures to eager collaboration with Nazi perpetrators. What ... people respond to the plight of their Jewish classmates, coworkers, neighbors, and friends? Photograph ... Germans actively supported anti-Jewish policies that escalated from the social and economic isolation of ... Europe. Some even supported the mass murder of Jews. Many others were motivated to support anti-Jewish
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29470. Vanessa Hidary
Jewish girl. ALEISA FISHMAN: That’s spoken-word artist Vanessa Hidary performing her signature poem ... sense in my family of being proud of being Jewish—I went through a time, where I just felt in a very ... simplistic, teenage kind of way that it wasn’t cool to be Jewish. Because I spent so much time in different ... communities, when it came up that I was Jewish, people were constantly surprised and constantly complimenting
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29471. Writing the News
publishing lurid tales of Jewish “ritual murder,” sex crimes, and financial malfeasance. During the ... lawsuits filed by outraged politicians and Jewish organizations against Streicher himself and the newspaper ... ,000,000. Jewish Newspapers as Communal Response Even as the Nazi propaganda machine hijacked the German ... Jewish communities (Gemeinden) for their members became a life-line for Jews in towns and cities
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29472. Jews of the Maghreb on the Eve of World War II
. Jewish communities in North Africa On the eve of World War II, North Africa’s Jewish ... landscape was further diversified by the arrival of large numbers of Jewish ... bilingualism was common among Jewish families, although Arabic was usually spoken at home. There is also ... evidence of a few mono-Berberophone Jewish communities. In Northern Morocco, a unique form of Judeo
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29473. Kristallnacht
referred to as the "Night of Broken Glass." The name refers to the wave of violent anti-Jewish ... synagogues, homes, and Jewish-owned businesses plundered and destroyed during the violence ... its annexed territories engaged in the destruction of Jewish-owned homes and businesses. Members of ... -Jewish German life or property; they were not to subject foreigners (even Jewish foreigners) to violence
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29474. Hidden Children: Hardships
attics or cellars. Children posing as Christians had to carefully conceal their Jewish identity from ... members, and individuals evading conscript labor. I had to keep my Jewishness ... Not all Jewish children could pass as “Aryans” and enjoy relative freedom of movement on the outside ... Those who “looked Jewish,” did not speak the local language, or whose presence in a rescuer's family
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29475. Refuge in Latin America
increased. Latin American governments officially permitted only about 84,000 Jewish refugees to immigrate ... admittance to more Jewish refugees stemmed from many causes. Growing ... resentment of the fact that some Jewish refugees who were admitted on the condition that they work in ... ,000 Jewish immigrants between 1918 and 1933, officially admitted 24,000 between 1933 and 1943. Another 20