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376. Counting, Mapping, and Registering
During World War II, many governments in occupied countries developed policies aiding German authorities’ efforts to isolate, deport, and murder Jews within their borders.
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377. Exploiting Forced Labor
Nazi Germany relied on forced laborers to produce weapons and materials during World War II.
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378. Oral History: Stefan Kucharek
Stefan Kucharek describes how he brought victims into the Treblinka railyard.
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379. Choices Yield Deadly Consequences
The choices of those who, like Stefan Kucharek, drove transports to Nazi killing centers had a devestating impact for Jewish families.
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380. A Desperate Mother Hides Her Child
Cypora Zonszajn managed to hide her daughter Rachel with a non-Jewish friend in late 1942.
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381. Oral History: Steven Fenves
Steven Fenves explains how local townspeople looted his family’s home—and how an employee tried to save some of their most treasured belongings.
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382. Traces of a Mother’s Life
Despite the threat of violence from the mob, a family’s cook quickly gathered some of their treasured belongings.
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383. A Crime Of Opportunity?
“Race laws” created across Europe during the Holocaust limited the kinds of work that Jews could do.
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384. Pangs of Conscience
Although her diary revealed her prejudice against Jews, Maria Madi risked her life in order to protect them.
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385. Molding “Aryan” Wives and Mothers
Like boys in the Hitler Youth, most non-Jewish teenage girls in Germany were expected to join the League of German Girls.
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386. Film: Targeting “Interracial” Romances
This film footage captures a teenaged couple subjected to public humiliation for their "interracial" romance.
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387. Oral History: Edward Adler
Edward Adler describes how another German, jealous of his relationship, denounced him to the Gestapo.
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388. Oral History: Jana Malish
Jana Malish describes how she hoped for help from a non-Jewish friend as German officials began deporting the Lvov ghetto’s Jews to concentration camps.
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389. Closer Than Blood
In 1942, Clara Kramer's family crammed into a small crawl space they had built under a neighborhood home.
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390. Solidarity and Defiance
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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391. Fashion, Rebellion, Resistance
Fifteen-year-old Maurice Lombart was arrested by French police for wearing a handmade Jewish Star in protest of anti-Jewish laws in June 1942.
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392. Film: Standing by on Kristallnacht
This amateur film footage documents the presence of many onlookers and the role of local firemen and police officers.
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393. Answering a Call for “Backup”
Hours before the violence of Kristallnacht began, the Gestapo requested help with arresting Jewish men.
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394. Mobilizing Police in a “Racial War”
After the 1939 invasion of Poland, Nazi authorities sent German police to maintain security in occupied areas.
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395. Brothers in Arms
From 1939 to 1941, Nazi leaders sent German police to expel Polish and Jewish people from western Poland.
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396. Oral History: Juozas Aleksynas
Juozas Aleksynas describes how he shot Jewish civilians as a member of the Lithuanian Army
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397. Oral History: Halina Błaszczyk
Halina Blascyk describes how local police and others played a supporting role in the Germans’ effort to find Jews hiding in Izbica, Poland.
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398. A Steady Job—With “Benefits”
Local police in areas occupied by German forces often helped to enforce anti-Jewish laws.
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399. Oral History: Henry Kanner
Henry Kanner explains how he survived imprisonment in Ratibor, Germany, thanks largely to a German policeman who helped him.
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400. “Get with the times!”
Police officers’ treatment of Jews could shift rapidly.