Holocaust Education & Archive Research TeamThe Blogger Site for the Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team news, updated articles, and website information. http://www.HolocaustResearchProject.orgThe Nazi Occupation of Europe and the Destruction of the Jews of Italy!- June 30, 2008 The destruction of the Jews of Italy Italian soldiers waving white flag of surrender The Italian Government surrendered its forces to the Allies on 8 September 1943, and on the following day General Mark Clark launched Operation Avalanche, the landing of Allied troops on the coast of Italy, near Salerno. On the 10 September 1943 the Germans occupied Rome, Mussolinis officials perhaps guided by Mussolini himself tried to substitute half-measures to thwart deportation to the gas chambers in...http://holocaustresearchproject.blogspot.com/2008/06/nazi-occupation-of-europe-and.html Warsaw Ghetto Figher - Mordechai Anielewicz www.HolocaustResearchProject.org- June 23, 2008 Mordechai AnielewiczGhetto FighterMordechai AnielewiczMordechai Anielewicz was born in Wyszkow near Warsaw in 1919, and grew up in a working class Jewish family. After finishing secondary education he joined the Zionist movement Ha-Shomer ha- Tsair where he distinguished himself as an organiser and leader.On the 7 September 1939 a week after the German invasion of Poland Anielewicz went with members of his group from Warsaw to the eastern regions of the country. Anielewicz attempted to cross...http://holocaustresearchproject.blogspot.com/2008/06/warsaw-ghetto-figher-mordechai.html Jewish Police in the Holocaust Ghettos- June 19, 2008 The Jewish Order PoliceHolocaust Ghettos Members of the Jewish order police in the Lodz GhettoJewish Order Service police units were established by the German authorities in certain locations under their brutal occupation. Almost immediately after their establishment the Jewish Councils in Eastern Europe were ordered to organise these units, usually as a forerunner to the creation of ghettos.Whereas the Judenrat itself, although also created on German orders, often contained elements of...http://holocaustresearchproject.blogspot.com/2008/06/jewish-police-in-holocaust-ghettos.ht... Anne Frank- June 9, 2008 Anne Frank and Her FamilyAnne FrankAncestors of Anne Frank lived in Frankfurt Germany since the 17th century, Otto Frank, Annes father was born on 12 May 1889, in Frankfurts Westend, a well-to-do neighbourhood.Otto Franks father was a banker, Otto attended high school, and briefly studied art at the University of Heideleberg. Via a friend he was then offered and accepted a job from 1908 to 1909 at Macys Department Store in New York, USA.When his father died, Otto Frank returned to...http://holocaustresearchproject.blogspot.com/2008/06/anne-frank.html |