by hadassah | Aug 16, 2017 | AntiSemitism, Holocaust
April 1st, 1933 Nazi Boycott of Jewish Stores in Germany The Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses in Germany took place on April 1st 1933, as a response to the Jewish boycott of German goods soon after Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor on January 30th, 1933....
by hadassah | Aug 16, 2017 | AntiSemitism, Holocaust
April 7, 1933 Nazi Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service On April 7th, 1933, the Nazi Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service was passed, which restricted employment in the civil service to ‘Aryan.’ This meant that...
by hadassah | Aug 16, 2017 | AntiSemitism, Holocaust
“Jewish Heads Join In Palestine Plea Protest on Bars to Entry is laid before wauchope by delegation all groups. Settlers’ decree urged. High commissioner in Replay Says Conditions Now Make Restrictions Necessary. The deputation protested to Sir Arthur on the alleged...
by hadassah | Aug 16, 2017 | AntiSemitism, Holocaust
Nazi’s Nuremberg Laws Strip German Jews Of Citizenship Sept. 15, 1935 The Reichstag has unanimously enacted the following law, which is promulgated herewith: 1 A subject of the State is a person who enjoys the protection of the German Reich and who in consequence...
by hadassah | Aug 13, 2017 | American Presidents, Holocaust
The family of Ann Frank is denied admittance to the United States. RE: Otto FRANK, 37 Merwedeplein, Amsterdam Z Gentlemen: – We beg to acknowledge receipt of your cable of September 22nd: “Can Otto Frank Merwedeplein 37 secure exitpermit transit visa Spain friend...
by hadassah | Aug 10, 2017 | American Presidents, Holocaust, Winston Churchill
Because of the havoc Hitler had unleashed on behalf of Germans outside Germany, in 1944 Churchill endorsed—with Roosevelt and Stalin agreeing—ethnic cleansing. Postwar stability would be built by scrubbing Germans from non-German countries. “Expulsion,”...
