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Yom HaShoah begins today at sundown (april 7th) and continues until thursday night (april 8th)
this is a day of commemoration and remembrance for the six million Jews and five million others who were murdered in the Holocaust during 1941-1955
what is the holocaust?
the holocaust was the genocide of Jews and others by the Nazis during world war two
what was the cause of the holocaust?
hitler hates the Jews very much, he blamed them for german’s defeat in world war one as well as its post-war economic hardships, thus, once the nazi party gained power, a large-scale persecution of Jews were immediately carried out
some important events during the holocaust:
•september 1935: the Nuremberg Laws were passed to deprive the Jews in Germany of their citizenship and forbid marriages between Jews and Germans
•november 1938: the SS (Schutzstaffel, hitler’s personal guards) attacked Jews throughout germany, 30000 Jewish men were sent to concentration camps, thousands Jewish shops were destroyed
•1942 “Final Solution” was drawn up, Jews were sent to gas chambers to be exterminated in concentration camps, the largest one was called the Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland
the holocaust finally ended in may 8th 1945
the effects of the holocaust
•after the liberation of nazi camps, many survivors found themselves living in displaced persons camps where they often had to wait years before relocating to new homes
• many Jewish survivors feared to return to their former homes because of antisemitism
• finding refuge in other countries was dangerous and difficult
this day is very important for remembrance of the Holocaust as it was a horrific atrocity that silenced the population
here are some recourses to further educate yourself on Yom HaShoah and the Holocaust
Anne Frank is the well-known victim of Holocaust during World War II.
Why is Anne Frank so well-known?
Anne Frank is the most-known Jewish victim of the Holocaust due to her book, "The Diary of A Young Girl" which was discovered and published by her father, Otto Frank, after her demise giving details about their life in hiding.
Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt, Germany in June, 1929 to a Jewish Family. She had an elder sister. They migrated out of Germany in 1933 and reached Amsterdam, Holland, where they lived till 1944. They went into hiding in June, 1942 and were caught in August 1944.
This isn't really a fun fact, more a life story I think?
So my great grandfather was a polish soldier in ww2, and he was half Jewish. When my great grandmother got pregnant by him he had too leave due too the war being almost over, and freeing more people. He didn't know she +
Pregnant.
A few months later my grandfather was born and my great grandmother remarried someone else, we didn't know till recently that our family was polish and Jewish.
We also have family in New York! He married someone else and had kids with the woman, so I have cousins +
as one of the admins who is jewish i thought i’d tell you a story. my grandmother lily escaped auschwitz. this is the story of that.
so she started off in the warsaw ghetto, and was transported to auschwitz, she never told me the story how she got out out the actual camp but did tell me the story of her trip to england.
so she was a child. they were on a cargo ship, the people in charge of the boat had the children hide with the fish, in case the nazi’s searched the boat (which they did) luckily they didn’t find the children.
the romans believed that rome was started in 753 BC by the brothers romulus and remus, twin sons of the god of war, mars. the twins were raised by a wolf, and lived to defeat the king of alba longa, who left them in a river to drown as babies.
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the twins successfully killed the king and founded their own city. the brothers couldn't agree on the name of the city, so they fought to death about it. romulus won the fight by killing his brother and became the first king of rome, named after him.