HistoryAugust 3, 1902
Regina Jonas Is Born
On this day, August 3, 1902, Regina Jonas was born in Berlin. In 1935 she became the first woman known to have been ordained as a rabbi.
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HistoryFebruary 14, 1896
Theodor Herzl Publishes Der Judenstaat
On this day, February 14, 1896, Theodor Herzl’s pamphlet Der Judenstaat was published. It argued for a sovereign Jewish state as a political answer to modern antisemitism.
HistoryDecember 10, 1934
Himmler Establishes the Inspectorate of Concentration Camps
On this day, December 10, 1934, Heinrich Himmler established the Inspectorate of Concentration Camps under Theodor Eicke.
HistoryMay 10, 1933
Nazi Student Groups Burn Books Across Germany
On this day, May 10, 1933, pro-Nazi university students burned books they called “un-German,” including works by Jewish, pacifist, and leftist authors.
HistoryAugust 24, 1919
Tosia Altman Is Born
On this day, August 24, 1919, Tosia Altman was born in Lipno. She later served as a Hashomer Hatzair courier during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Some records give 1918.
HistoryJanuary 6, 2020
AJC Holds the First JewishandProud Day
On January 6, 2020, the American Jewish Committee asked Jews and their neighbors to mark JewishandProud Day in public.
HistoryMay 18, 1971
The Night of the Panthers
On May 18, 1971, about 6,000 people rallied in Jerusalem against discrimination toward Mizrahi Jews. Police and protesters clashed.
HistoryAugust 1, 1941
Bialystok Ghetto Is Sealed
On this day, August 1, 1941, German authorities confined about 50,000 Jews in the Bialystok ghetto.
HistoryMarch 13, 1938
Germany Annexes Austria
On this day, March 13, 1938, Germany annexed Austria, one day after German troops entered the country.
HistoryMay 16, 1943
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Ends
On this day, May 16, 1943, Jürgen Stroop reported that the Warsaw Jewish quarter was no more and had the Great Synagogue on Tłomackie Street blown up.
HistoryMay 29, 1938
Hungary Adopts the First Jewish Law
On this day, May 29, 1938, Hungary promulgated Act XV, the First Jewish Law, capping Jews at 20 percent of specified professions and firms.
HistoryJuly 15, 1937
Buchenwald Concentration Camp Opens
On this day, July 15, 1937, the SS opened Buchenwald near Weimar. The first prisoners arrived that day from Sachsenhausen.