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7 March 1936 Germany remilitarization of the Rhineland. Using the Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance as a pretext, Hitler ordered the Wehrmacht to march 20,000 German troops into the Rhineland. The United Kingdom and France did not resist German actions. 29 March 1936 The SS-Totenkopfverbände is established. [26] 6 June 1936
The Holocaust (/ ˈ h ɒ l ə k ɔː s t / ⓘ), [1] known in Hebrew as the Shoah (שואה), 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.
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm Originally slated to perform on the first day following Ravi Shankar; declined to perform during the rainstorm and were moved to the second day. [67] Canned Heat: 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm Mountain: 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm This performance was only their third gig as a band [68] Grateful Dead: 10:30 pm – 11:50 pm
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The prevalence of antisemitism in German society was widely known by the 1930s, [12] but citizens of the United States were unaware that the Holocaust was taking place for the first year. [13] Several individuals attempted to contact the government of the United States and other governments to inform them of the Holocaust after it began in 1941.
[7] [8] [9] The first Council-sponsored DRVH national civic commemoration was held on April 30, 1981, in the White House. President Ronald Reagan, making his first public appearance after recovering from an attempted assassination, said: "We remember the suffering and the death of Jews and all those others who were persecuted in World War II. ...
[6] [7] More than 3,000 tons of records were collected for the Nuremberg trials. [8] Later testimony from tens of thousands of eyewitnesses, including survivors such as Sonderkommandos, who directly witnessed the extermination process; perpetrators such as Nazi leaders, SS guards, and Nazi concentration camp commandants; and local townspeople.
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