1943Kraków Ghetto Liquidated

German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
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🇩🇪 German Army Captures Kraków

In southern Poland The 14th German army takes Kraków virtually unopposed.
German Army Captures Kraków (1939)
GermanyPolandKrakówInvasionEastern EuropeBlitzkrieg

✡️ Poland Annexation and Lublin Ghetto Established

Portions of Poland are formally inducted into Germany; the first Jewish ghetto is established at Lublin.
Poland Annexation and Lublin Ghetto Established (1939)
PolandannexationLublinghettoJewish persecutionHolocaustGerman occupationWorld War II

🏘️ Warsaw Ghetto Established

Warsaw's Jews are directed to move into the Warsaw Ghetto.
Warsaw Ghetto Established (1940)
WarsawghettoJewishPolandHolocaustWorld War IIEuropeNazidiscrimination

💔 Vilna Ghetto II Liquidated

Vilna Ghetto II liquidated. 2,500 Jews killed.
Vilna Ghetto II Liquidated (1941)
HolocaustVilna GhettoLiquidatedJewish PersecutionLithuaniaGenocideMassacreEastern Front

✡️ Kraków Ghetto Liquidated

German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
Kraków Ghetto Liquidated (1943)
HolocaustKrakówGhettoGermanyJewish PersecutionNaziFinal SolutionWWIIEastern Europe

✊ Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Begins

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Begins (1943)
WarsawGhettoUprisingResistanceJewishPolandGermanyNaziHolocaust