Historyc. July 17, 1947
Soviet Authorities Claim Raoul Wallenberg Died
Soviet authorities later said Raoul Wallenberg died in Moscow’s Lubyanka prison on July 17, 1947. His fate has never been independently established.
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HistoryFebruary 4, 1938
Hitler Takes Direct Command of the Wehrmacht
On this day, February 4, 1938, Adolf Hitler dismissed the war minister and army commander and created the High Command of the Armed Forces under his personal authority.
History6 June 1391 (Julian)
Anti-Jewish Riot Begins in Seville
On 6 June 1391, a mob attacked Seville’s Jewish quarter after years of preaching by Ferrand Martínez. Later chroniclers give about 4,000 killed; modern historians treat that figure as inflated. Castile still used the Julian calendar.
HistoryJuly 1940
Max Bodenheimer Dies in Jerusalem
In July 1940, Max Bodenheimer died in Jerusalem. He had accompanied Theodor Herzl to Constantinople and Palestine in 1898.
HistoryAugust 8, 1938
First Prisoners Arrive at Mauthausen
On this day, August 8, 1938, the SS transferred the first prisoners from Dachau to Mauthausen and forced them to build the camp.
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.
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.
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.