Historical Organization
German occupation administration
German occupation administration
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Organization Timeline
German authorities compel Jews to wear identifying armbands
๐ 23 November 1939Governor General Hans Frank ordered Jews aged ten and older in the General Government to wear white armbands with a blue Star of David. Forced identification marked people for segregation,...
Warsaw ghetto is sealed
๐ 15 November 1940German occupation authorities sealed the Warsaw ghetto, confining hundreds of thousands of Jews in a small area behind walls and fences. Starvation, disease, forced labor, and overcrowding were policy...
Cheลmno killing center begins murdering Jews
๐ 8 December 1941German authorities began mass murder at Cheลmno, where victims were killed in gas vans and buried or burned in nearby forests. It was the first stationary killing center used by Nazi Germany for the...
First deportation train leaves the Netherlands for Auschwitz
๐ 15 July 1942German occupation authorities deported the first group of Dutch Jews from Westerbork to Auschwitz. Dutch police and administrative bodies participated in the machinery of arrest and deportation; the...
The Lety Roma camp is officially closed after its liquidation
๐ 8 August 1943The Lety camp was officially closed after the liquidation of the site was completed. The closure followed overcrowding, disease, deaths in custody, and deportations to Auschwitz. The camp was...