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  2. History of the Jews during World War II - Wikipedia

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    Servicemen of the 20th Air Force stationed in Guam during World War II participate in a Rosh Hashanah service. Approximately 1.5 million Jews served in the regular Allied militaries during World War II. [10] Approximately 550,000 American Jews served in the various branches of the United States Armed Forces.

  3. The Holocaust - Wikipedia

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    The Holocaust (/ ˈ h ɒ l ə k ɔː s t / ⓘ, US also / ˈ h oʊ l ə-/) [1] was the genocide of European Jews during World War II.Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population.

  4. History of the Jews in South Florida - Wikipedia

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    West Palm Beach Metropolitan Area, Florida: approximately 94,000 Jews live in West Palm Beach (Palm Beach County from Boynton Beach to Jupiter). Miami Metropolitan Area, Florida: approximately 123,000 Jews live in Miami-Dade County, [24] an increase from 113,000 in 2004. [25] Miami Beach, Florida: Approximately 15,000 Jews live in Miami Beach. [26]

  5. World War II casualties - Wikipedia

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    During World War II, 1.2 million African Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces and 708 were killed in action. 350,000 American women served in the Armed Forces during World War II and 16 were killed in action. [342] During World War II, 26,000 Japanese-Americans served in the Armed Forces and over 800 were killed in action. [343]

  6. As World War II was ending, a Jewish teen became the final ...

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    On August 15, 1945, above the skies of Tokyo, 1st. Lt. Philip Schlamberg, a 19-year-old Jewish honor student from Brooklyn, was the last American serviceman to die in the US military’s final ...

  7. Military history of Jewish Americans - Wikipedia

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    During World War II, Jewish American soldiers were able to perform religious practices overseas while in service. Men brought their tefillin into battle, had the Passover seder, albeit unceremoniously and untraditionally, along with other important Jewish services. Worship was conducted in public or wherever it was possible during the conflict.

  8. Antisemitism in Florida - Wikipedia

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    American Jews became free to move to Florida after 1821, when the United States gained control of the Florida Territory from Spain, where they enjoyed relative freedom due to the US legacy of religious tolerance. Prior to a 1959 ruling from the Supreme Court of Florida, Jewish people were excluded from living in many white Christian ...

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