First major deportation convoy leaves Salonika

Żegota begins operating as an underground Council to Aid Jews

4 December 1942

The Polish underground Council to Aid Jews, known as Żegota, began operating with support from the Polish government-in-exile. Polish and Jewish activists coordinated shelter, forged documents, and...

German occupiers demand Jewish forced labor in Tunisia

6 December 1942

SS officer Walter Rauff ordered Tunisian Jewish leaders to provide men for forced labor. Roughly 5,000 Jewish men were conscripted during the occupation and sent to labor and detention camps; this was...

Allies publicly condemn the mass murder of European Jews

17 December 1942

The Allied governments issued a public declaration confirming Nazi Germany’s policy of exterminating Jews and pledging punishment of those responsible. The statement followed reports from resistance...

Jewish resistance interrupts a renewed Warsaw ghetto deportation action

18 Januari 1943

When German forces entered the Warsaw ghetto to resume deportations, Jewish underground fighters and civilians resisted. The operation was halted after several days; this January resistance preceded...

Bulgarian authorities round up Jews in Skopje

11 Maart 1943

Bulgarian occupation forces rounded up more than 7,000 Jews from Skopje and nearby areas and confined them at a tobacco warehouse before deportation to Treblinka. Bulgaria’s wartime record differed by...

👉 First major deportation convoy leaves Salonika Huidig

15 Maart 1943

German authorities began deporting Salonika’s Jews to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Between March and August, more than 45,000 Jews were deported; German occupation authorities exploited local administration...

First Salonika transport arrives at Auschwitz

20 Maart 1943

The first deportation transport from Salonika arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau. This marked the start of a sequence that destroyed one of Europe’s largest Sephardic Jewish communities, whose...

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins

19 April 1943

Jewish underground fighters resisted German forces as they entered the ghetto to complete its liquidation. The uprising lasted nearly a month and was defeated with overwhelming force, but it...

Axis forces surrender in Tunisia

13 Mei 1943

German and Italian forces in Tunisia surrendered to the Allies, ending the Axis occupation and the forced-labor camp period there. Jewish communities emerged from months of coercion and deprivation;...

German forces declare the Warsaw ghetto uprising defeated

16 Mei 1943

After weeks of resistance, German forces declared the Warsaw ghetto operation complete and blew up the Great Synagogue as a symbol of destruction. The uprising had been crushed, but Jewish fighters...

Jewish prisoners revolt at Treblinka killing center

2 Augustus 1943

Prisoners seized weapons, set parts of the camp on fire, and broke through the perimeter. Around 300 escaped, though many were later captured or killed. The uprising was planned by prisoners who...

First major deportation convoy leaves Salonika

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Jewish community of Salonika

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Where were Jews from Salonika deported?

Salonika’s Jewish community was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1943.