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The attacks destroyed the majority of Guernica. Three-quarters of the city's buildings were reported completely destroyed, and most others sustained damage. Among infrastructure spared were the arms factories Unceta and Company and Talleres de Guernica along with the Assembly House Casa de Juntas and the Gernikako Arbola. Since the Luftwaffe ...
The bombing of Guernica by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe and the Italian Aviazione Legionaria was deliberately chosen to occur on a Monday (April 26, 1937), because it was known that the Basque people who lived outside of Guernica proper would travel into town for the Market Day, thus affording the pilots of the German and Italian aircraft the ...
Town was destroyed and nearly all Jews were exterminated. Rebuilt years later. Kolno: קאָלנע Kolne Town survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated. Konin: קנין Knin 6,000 (1939) City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated. Konstantynów Łódzki: קאָסניטין Konsnitin Town survived. Korczyna: קארטשין ...
At the beginning of World War II, bombing of cities prior to invasion was an integral part of Nazi Germany's strategy. In the first stages of war, the Germans carried out many bombings of towns and cities in Poland (1939), including the capital Warsaw (also bombed in 1944), with Wieluń being the first city destroyed by 75%. [40]
The book is known for its description of the 1937 bombing of Guernica. The author was previously known for his reportage on the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. The book includes photographs and maps. [1] Its photographs were especially powerful in spreading news of the event. [2]
In 1610 Jews constituted about 7.5 percent of the population of Mantua. [21] In 1630 the Mantua ghetto was sacked by imperial troops and destroyed. [22] Among the Jewish dead or missing were the composer Salamone Rossi and his sister the opera singer Madama Europa. [23]
Many Jewish communities in western and central Europe were destroyed in a wave of violence between 1348 and 1350. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] For example, some two thousand Jews were massacred by burning in Strasbourg, in February 1349 , upon a decision by the city council, before the plague had reached the city.
Expulsions of Jews in Europe from 1100 to 1600 1095–mid-13th century The waves of Crusades destroyed many Jewish communities in Europe (most notably in Rhineland) and in the Middle East (most notably in Jerusalem). [citation needed] Mid-12th century The invasion of Almohades brought to an end the Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain.