1942 ⟶ Vel' d'Hiv Roundup and Deportation
Vel' d'Hiv Roundup: On order from the Vichy France governmen...
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1941
1942
1943
✡️ Deportation of Austrian Jews Begins
Deportation of Austrian Jews to ghettos in Poland begins.⟶
HolocaustAustriaDeportationGhettosAnti-SemitismPersecutionPolandWorld War II
🇫🇷 Vel' d'Hiv Roundup and Deportation
Vel' d'Hiv Roundup: On order from the Vichy France government headed by Pierre Laval, French police officers mass arrest 13,152 Jews and hold them at the Winter Velodrome before deportation to Auschwitz.⟶
FranceVel d'HivJewsHolocaustVichy FranceCollaborationDeportationPersecutionWWII
✡️ Jews in France Ordered to Wear the Star of David
The Jews in France are ordered to wear the yellow Star of David.⟶
FranceNazi OccupationAntisemitismPersecutionStar of DavidHolocaustDiscriminationDeportation
🕍 Eleftherias Square Roundup in Thessaloniki
1942 Eleftherias Square roundup: Jews are rounded up and humiliated at Thessaloniki in German-occupied Greece.⟶
GreeceThessalonikiJewsPersecutionHolocaustNazi OccupationCollaborationDeportation
📜 Vichy France Creates Forced Labor Service (STO)
Prime Minister of Vichy France Pierre Laval and Minister of Justice Joseph Barthélemy formally create the Service du travail obligatoire (STO)⟶
FranceVichy FranceSTOforced laborcollaborationoccupationWWII