1942 ⟶ Wannsee Conference Defines the 'Final Solution'
In January the Wannsee Conference takes place in Berlin. Naz...
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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.⟶
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France✡️ 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.⟶
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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.⟶
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Germany🪖 Execution of Jews and Serbians in Uzice
"In the concentration camp at Uzice, in Serbia, 280 Jewish internees and 100 Serbians were executed, the Yugoslav sources disclose. Among the Jews who were shot were many women and children and two aged men, Dr. Guttman and M. Levy.":⟶
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Serbia🔪 Execution of Jewish Supervisors in Croatia
"In a Concentration camp in Croatia eight Jewish supervisors were executed on charges of aiding the guerillas (Yugoslav Partisans), when 340 Jewish prisoners, including 42 young girls, escaped from the camp and succeeded in reaching the mountain stronghold of the Serbian force."⟶
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Croatia🤝 Bermuda Conference on Jewish Refugees
The Bermuda Conference was an international conference between the United Kingdom and the United States held from 19 April 1943, through 30 April 1943, at Hamilton, Bermuda. The topic of discussion was the question of Jewish refugees who had been liberated by Allied forces and those who still remained in Nazi-occupied Europe. The only agreement made was that the war must be won against the Nazis. US immigration quotas were not raised nor was the British prohibition on Jewish refugees seeking refuge in the British Mandate of Palestine lifted.⟶
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