1939 ⟶ The Holocaust Begins

The Holocaust. About 6 million Jews, including about 1 milli...
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🚪 Evian Conference: Nations Refuse Jewish Refugees

Evian Conference: 31 countries refuse to accept Jews trying to escape Nazi Germany (with the exception of Dominican Republic). Most find temporary refuge in Poland. See also Bermuda Conference.⟶
Evian Conference: Nations Refuse Jewish Refugees (1938)
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🔥 Kristallnacht: The Night of Broken Glass

Kristallnacht (Night of The Broken Glass). In one night most German synagogues and hundreds of Jewish-owned German businesses are destroyed. Almost 100 Jews are killed, and 10,000 are sent to concentration camps.⟶
Kristallnacht: The Night of Broken Glass (1938)
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✡️ The Holocaust Begins

The Holocaust. About 6 million Jews, including about 1 million children, systematically killed by Nazi Germany and other Axis powers. See also Holocaust denial.⟶
The Holocaust Begins (1939)
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🚢 Voyage of the Damned: S.S. St. Louis Turned Away

The "Voyage of the damned": S.S. St. Louis, carrying 907 Jewish refugees from Germany, is turned back by Canada, Cuba and the US. After they were denied entry to those places, the refugees were finally accepted in various European countries, including Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK, and France. Historians have estimated that approximately a quarter of them were murdered in death camps during World War II.⟶
Voyage of the Damned: S.S. St. Louis Turned Away (1939)
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🗓️ Wannsee Conference Defines the 'Final Solution'

In January the Wannsee Conference takes place in Berlin. Nazi officials define the practical arrangements for the "Final Solution", that is to say, the complete extermination of European Jewry, including children.⟶
Wannsee Conference Defines the 'Final Solution' (1942)
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🕯️ Inauguration of Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel

Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel is inaugurated.⟶
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