Holocaust Education & Archive Research TeamThe Blogger Site for the Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team news, updated articles, and website information. http://www.HolocaustResearchProject.orgThe Eternal Jew "Der ewige Jude"- July 26, 2008 Der ewige JudeThe "Eternal Jew" Nazi propaganda art the "Wandering Jew"The concept of the "Wandering Jew" is far older than National Socialism. It derives from a literary and popular legend, about a Jew who mocked or mistreated Jesus while he was on his way to the cross and who was condemned therefore to a life of wandering on earth until Judgment Day.The story of this wanderer was first recorded in the chronicles of Roger of Wendover and Matthew of Paris during the thirteenth century. The...http://holocaustresearchproject.blogspot.com/2008/07/eternal-jew-der-ewige-jude.html Holocaust Ghettos - Lodz- July 23, 2008 The Lodz Ghetto1940 - 1944 Entrance to the Ghetto at Lodz The First Months of OccupationThe persecution of Jews began soon after Lodz was occupied by the Germans on 8 September 1939. The racist Nuremburg Laws of September 1935 which the Nazis had applied to German, Austrian and Czech Jews, were immediately enforced.From 9 November 1939, Lodz became under the authority of Gauleiter Artur Greiser, who was a resolute advocate of rapid and total Germanisation of the areas, under his command.In a...http://holocaustresearchproject.blogspot.com/2008/07/holocaust-ghettos-lodz.html The labour camps of Italy - San Sabba- July 14, 2008 San Sabba View of buildings within San Sabba The large complex of buildings making up the rice husking factory constructed in 1913 in San Sabba on the outskirts of Trieste was first used by the Nazis as a temporary prison camp for the detention of Italian servicemen captured after the 8 September 1943.It was designated Stalag 339 but in late October 1943 it was converted into a Polizeihaftlager (Police detention camp) to be used as a transit camp for deportees bound for Germany and Poland, for..http://holocaustresearchproject.blogspot.com/2008/07/labour-camps-of-italy-san-sabba.html Sohie Scholl- July 9, 2008 Sophie Scholl Sophie Scholl Sophia Scholl was born on May 9, 1921, the daughter of Robert Scholl, the mayor of Forchtenberg. Her full name was Sophia Magdalena Scholl. The family lived in Ludwigsburg, Germany from the summer of 1930 till spring of 1932, after which they moved to Ulm and finally to Munich where Sophie attended a secondary school for girls. At the age of twelve, she was required to join the Bund Deutscher Mdel (League of German Girls) as most young women at the time, but...http://holocaustresearchproject.blogspot.com/2008/07/sohie-scholl.html Auschwitz! The basics of the camp operations.- July 5, 2008 Auschwitz Concentration CampThe Basics Unloading of rail transports at Auschwitz ..............................................The Ramp at BirkenauReception and RegistrationGenerally the reception and registration of transports went as follows:The unloading of rail transports of prisoners took place on a ramp beside the camp in the vicinity of the prison huts of Auschwitz I.In 1942 a second unloading ramp(Judenrampe) came into use for transports of Jews brought to Auschwitz for extermination...http://holocaustresearchproject.blogspot.com/2008/07/auschwitz-basics-of-camp-operations.h... |