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351. 2. German Police Become Mass Murderers
While policemen were trained to be "friends and helpers”, they behaved with extreme brutality against supposedly “inferior” people in occupied Poland.
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352. 3. Local “Auxiliary Police” Shoot Jewish Civilians
After the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, Nazi leaders relied on local collaborators to kill Jews in eastern Europe.
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353. 1. A Friend Joins an Anti-Jewish Mob
Ruth Rack was shocked to see a friend and neighbor join a mob during Kristallnacht.
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354. 2. Chilling News from an Old Friend
Jacob Wiener’s friends slowly stopped talking to him. He received an unexpected letter years later.
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355. 5. A Kind of Homecoming
Desperate and nearly starving, the Pariser family turned to an old friend.
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356. 4. Indifference from Friends, Kindness from Strangers
Jewish and Christian Lithuanians socialized, did business, and attended school together in the years before World War II.
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357. 3. A Lifeline and a Good Luck Charm
Frank Ullman's parents were denounced as Jews by a suspicious grocer and narrowly escaped deportation.
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358. 1. Teachers and Students Humiliate German Jews
Encouraged by teachers and leaders, school groups and Nazi youth organizations helped to stage acts of cruelty toward Jewish German people.
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359. 2. Excluding Jewish Students
Rosa Marx did not feel the sting of anti-Jewish hate in the classroom until 1938.
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360. 4. A Teacher’s Conscience Saves Thousands
Responding to parents’ pleas for help, teacher Jeanne Daman started to hide students with non-Jewish Belgian families.
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361. 3. Spreading Nazi Racial Ideology in the Classroom
Under Nazi rule, German educators taught schoolchildren Nazi theories about race.
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362. 5. A Professor Helps Students Take on Nazism
Respected scholar and teacher Kurt Huber was unlike most German professors—he strongly opposed Nazism.
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363. 1. Nazi Youth Organizations Promote Racism
The Nazi regime used youth groups to introduce teens to Nazi ideology—including racism and anti-Jewish hatred.
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364. 2. Relationships Torn Apart by Racism
Relationships that violated the racial “norms” of Nazi Germany were often punished.
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365. 3. Rising Anti-Jewish Hatred Destroys Friendships
Jana Malish describes how she hoped for help from a non-Jewish friend as German officials began deporting Jews from Lvov.
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366. 4. A Non-Jewish Family Risks Everything
In 1942, Clara Kramer's family crammed into a small crawl space they had built under a neighborhood home.
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367. 5. A Youth Movement Opposes Nazism
To protest the French police's treatment of Jews, some non-Jewish people in France made their own yellow stars out of paper.
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368. 1. Enforcing Laws to Seize Jewish People’s Property
Customs officials played a key role in enforcing some anti-Jewish laws passed by Nazi authorities in the 1930s.
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369. 2. Creating Tools to Find and Target Victims
Many governments in occupied countries developed policies aiding German authorities’ efforts to isolate, deport, and murder Jews within their borders.
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370. 3. Building and Operating Nazi Camps
German authorities relied on skilled civilians to build and maintain concentration camps.
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371. 4. Transporting Victims to Killing Centers
The choices of those who jobs transporting Jews to Nazi killing centers had a devastating impact.
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372. 5. Defying a Mob, Preserving a Family’s Memory
Despite the threat of violence, a family’s cook rescued some of their treasured belongings.
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373. 6. As Jews Are Targeted, Other Workers Advance
Non-Jewish workers often took over the positions of Jews who were expelled or deported.
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374. An Ordinary Day At Work
Customs officials played a key role in enforcing some anti-Jewish laws passed by Nazi authorities in the 1930s.
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375. Remnants of a Once-Thriving Business
Bernhard Linhard was a successful cafe owner in Vienna until March 1938, when Nazi Germany annexed Austria.