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126. Antisemitic Newsreels
During the war, special propaganda companies traveled with cameras throughout Europe. They photographed or filmed scenes that would later appear in newsreels. The propaganda companies commonly focused on the supposed racial features of their subjects.
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127. Neighbors
Even in once peaceful, tolerant communities, neighbors turned against Jews and other targets of Nazism.
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128. Teenagers
Teenagers faced a unique set of challenges and choices during the Holocaust.
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129. Workers
Some ordinary people played a role in the Holocaust simply by doing their jobs.
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130. Forced Sale
The Nazi regime aimed to place all Jewish property under the control of “Aryan” Germans.
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131. Inviting Brutality
Amidst the chaos of the German invasion, Latvian civilians unleashed a wave of ruthless attacks on Riga’s Jewish people.
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132. Watching Neighbors
A resident in a nearby building captured this photograph of Jewish neighbors ordered deported from Amsterdam in 1942.
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133. Witnessing Hitler
In this video, Holocaust survivor and historian Dr. George Mosse discusses the feeling of watching Hitler speak in person: “You were carried away.”
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134. Police
Nazi authorities relied on local police in Germany and across Europe to help carry out the Holocaust.
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135. Friends
Victims of Nazi racism often faced persecution from people they knew well and trusted—their friends.
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136. Teachers
Some teachers targeted Jewish students in their classrooms. Others took risks to help victims.
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137. Narrow Escape
For Jews in the Netherlands and across Europe during the Holocaust, identity cards were a matter of life and death.
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138. Just Business
The Nazi regime established more than 40,000 camps across Europe.
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139. Manufacturing Death
In 1941, German officials began applying Zyklon B to a new purpose: gassing prisoners at Auschwitz.
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140. Modeling Hate
The Nazi regime used youth groups to introduce teens to Nazi ideology—including racism and anti-Jewish hatred.
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141. Last Mementos
When German authorities began shooting the Jews of Żółkiew, Clara Kramer and her friends decided to pose for a final portrait together.
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142. “Dirty Work”
After the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, Nazi leaders increasingly relied on local collaborators to kill Jews in eastern Europe.
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143. Forming Resistance
Together with like-minded young people, college students Hans and Sophie Scholl formed a secret anti-Nazi group—”the White Rose”—in Munich in 1942.
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144. Longstanding Bonds
Despite their different backgrounds, the Świerczek and Pariser families became trusted friends.
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145. Mixed Motivations
Whatever Valentin Beck’s attitudes toward Jews, he could could not conscience the mass murder of his neighbors,
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146. Survivors’ Talisman
Frank Ullman and his family treasured a prayer rug as a reminder of courage and generosity in the face of extreme danger.
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147. Teaching Materials
Nazi views on race were at the center of schooling in Germany.
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148. Marianne Winter Pen Pals
After Nazi Germany annexed Austria, Jews living there, like sixteen-year-old Marianne Winter and her family, quickly became subject to new antisemitic laws. Many sought to immigrate to the United States but struggled to gather the documents required to obtain a US immigration visa. Refugees also needed to find an American sponsor willing to sign a financial affidavit promising to support the new arrivals. Remarkably, Marianne and her family were able to receive an affidavit through her American pen pal Jane Bomberger, whom she had never met.
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149. Stephen Wise
Rabbi Stephen Wise was a prominent 20th century American Jewish leader. A charismatic orator, he championed liberal social justice and civil rights causes and became an outspoken opponent of Nazi Germany.
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150. Richard Schifter
After Germany annexed Austria in March 1938 (an event known as the Anschluss), Paul and Balbina Schifter knew that their family would be in danger if they stayed in Vienna. They made the difficult decision to send their only son, 15-year-old Richard, to live with relatives in the United States.