1939 ⟶ Poland Annexation and Lublin Ghetto Established

Portions of Poland are formally inducted into Germany; the f...
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✡️ 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

🤝 Soviet Annexation of Eastern Poland

Soviet Union annexes the eastern parts of occupied Poland into the Ukrainian SSR and Byelorussian SSR.⟶
Soviet Annexation of Eastern Poland (1939)
Soviet UnionAnnexationPolandWorld War IIEastern EuropeOccupationTerritorial ExpansionUkrainian SSRByelorussian SSRSoviet Invasion of Poland

🏘️ Warsaw Ghetto Established

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

✡️ Establishment of Vilna Ghetto Judenrat

Vilna Ghetto first Judenrat established.⟶
Establishment of Vilna Ghetto Judenrat (1941)
VilnaGhettoJudenratJewish communityEastern EuropeHolocaustGerman occupationWorld War IILithuania

✡️ Stanisławów Ghetto Established

Approximately 20,000 Stanisławów Jews ordered into the ghetto area, and non-Jews ordered out.⟶
Stanisławów Ghetto Established (1941)
GhettoHolocaustPersecutionJewsPolandNazi GermanyStanisławówDiscrimination

✡️ Kraków Ghetto Liquidated

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