Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
On July 25-27, Ukrainians under German patronage rioted against the Jews again. The pogroms were organized by Ukrainian nationalist circles with German encouragement. Among the Jews of Lvov, rumors had spread that the Ukrainians were planning a pogrom. As July 25 approached, an unusual bustle was noticed among the Ukrainian police in the city. Jews tried not to step outside. Early in the morning of July 25, groups of peasants from nearby villages began to flow into Lvov. They assembled
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Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
In September 1941, Jews in the Third Reich areas were ordered to wear a yellow badge, referred to as a “Jewish star” (Judenstern). According to the order, issued two years after a similar requirement was introduced among Polish Jews, all Jews aged 6 or over were to wear, on the left side of their chest, a fist-sized yellow six-point star bearing the inscription “Jude.” The Judenstern order in the Reich and the areas annexed to it, as in every other
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Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
The order to establish the ghetto in Minsk�34 streets and alleys plus the Jewish cemetery�was given on July 20, 1941. Jews were brought to the ghetto from Slutzk, Dzerzhinsk, Cherven, and other localities in the vicinity of Minsk. Jewish men and women who had married non-Jews were also taken to the ghetto, as were their children. In all, the ghetto population climbed to 100,000.
