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August 20, 1938
On this day, August 20, 1938, the Central Office for Jewish Emigration opened in Vienna. It became the model for later forced-emigration and deportation offices.
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August 8, 1938
On this day, August 8, 1938, the SS transferred the first prisoners from Dachau to Mauthausen and forced them to build the camp.
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July 6, 1938
On this day, July 6, 1938, delegates from 32 countries opened the Evian Conference. Most refused to take more Jewish refugees. Only the Dominican Republic offered to accept additional arrivals.
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March 13, 1938
On this day, March 13, 1938, Germany annexed Austria, one day after German troops entered the country.
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February 4, 1938
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.
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July 15, 1937
On this day, July 15, 1937, the SS opened Buchenwald near Weimar. The first prisoners arrived that day from Sachsenhausen.
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July 12, 1936
On this day, July 12, 1936, the SS transferred 50 prisoners from Esterwegen to begin building Sachsenhausen, the principal camp for the Berlin area.
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December 10, 1934
On this day, December 10, 1934, Heinrich Himmler established the Inspectorate of Concentration Camps under Theodor Eicke.
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August 19, 1934
On this day, August 19, 1934, a German referendum approved Adolf Hitler’s combination of the offices of president and chancellor under the title Führer.
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1923
Salamo Arouch, later forced to box at Auschwitz, was born in Thessaloniki in 1923. The exact day is not confirmed.
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December 11, 1922
On this day, December 11, 1922, Frank Blaichman was born in Kamionka, Poland. He later commanded a Jewish partisan unit.
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November 28, 1919
On this day, November 28, 1919, Faye Schulman was born in Lenin. She later photographed Jewish partisan life in Eastern Europe.
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