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Oct 1939
The Lublin district became a Judenreservat (Jewish reservoir): All Jews from the Generalgouvernement, the occupied Polish districts and the German Reich would be brought there. Until February 1940, 6,300 Jews had been deported to the Lublin district, among them around 1,200 German Jews from Stettin. Most of them were sent to small ghettos in Piaski, Glusk and Belzyce.
In 1940 SS and police organized round-ups in Lublin and its environs. Tho...
Jewish Events
| 1913 Nov 7 |
AEPi Fraternity is founded
AEPi was founded in 1913 under the Washington Square Arch at New York University (NYU) by Charles C. Moskowitz and 10 other Jewish men: David K. Schafer, Isador M. Glazer, Herman L. Kraus...
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| 1939 Oct |
First Jewish ghetto established at Lublin
The Lublin district became a Judenreservat (Jewish reservoir): All Jews from the Generalgouvernement, the occupied Polish districts and the German Reich would be brought there. Until Febr...
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| 1940 Oct 16 |
Warsaw Ghetto established
The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of the Jewish ghettos located in the territory of General Government in occupied Poland during World War II.
It was established by the German Governor...
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| 1941 Sep 1 |
All Jews in Reich and Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ordered to wear Star of David
A Star of David, often yellow-colored, was used by the Nazis during the Holocaust as a method of identifying Jews. After the German invasion of Poland in 1939 there were initially differe...
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