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Dachau Defined
Nazi concentration camp in southern Germany. Erected in 1933, this was the first Nazi concentration camp. Used mainly to incarcerate German political prisoners until late 1938, whereupon large numbers of Jews, Gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexuals, and other supposed enemies of the state and anti-social elements were sent as well. Nazi doctors and scientists used many prisoners at Dachau as guinea pigs for experiments. Dachau was liberated by American troops in April 1945.
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Annual Shofar of Freedom Awards presented today
Published October 8, 2008, 8:02 pm, The Troy Record
ALBANY - As in the past 18 years, "Deeds of Loving Kindness" are set to be recognized in conjunction with Yom Kippur at Temple Israel today during morning services. The first Shofar of Freedom Awards were initiated in 1990 by Rabbi Paul Silton as a way to "honor ordinary people who have made extraordinary efforts on behalf of other people," and in particular, the Jews. The event will be ...
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- Install Bookmarking Tools: Acting - Art - of - Memory History is a significant factor determing current individual and social development. Memory thereby shapes the character of present - personal and individual - thought and activity. Literally speaking, memory assumes that one does not close one?s eyes to reality. acting art of memory supports the perception of history and its underlying causes, the debate on form and content, and a vital culture of remembering. In this context, publicly perceptible projects which awaken memories of the Nazi period of German history and its continuous international repercussions are centrally relevant.
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- Interview: 'Priestblock 25487', Love and Heroic Virtue - Catholic Online: import and comment
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- Roma (Gypsies) in the Holocaust - The Patrin Web Journal: Roma were the only other population besides the Jews who were targeted for extermination on racial grounds in the Final Solution. Links on this page provide documentation of Roma persecution.
- The Dachau Gas Chambers (with photographs) - by Harry W. Mazal OBE - Holocaust-Hist ory.org: The Dachau concentration camp officially opened on Wednesday, March 22, 1933, with an accommodation of 5,000 persons. It was reported in the Münchner Neueste Nachrichten, a day before.
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- Nutten In Dachau: Nutten In Dachau
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