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The Jews of the Sudetenland

The Jews of the Sudetenland
Bohemia & Moravia
 
 
 

1939 Map of Bohemia-Moravia

The Sudetenland is the German name used in the first half of the 20th century for the western portions of Czechoslovakia inhabited mostly by ethnic Germans. Located on the border with Germany and Austria it encompasses the areas of Bohemia, Moravia, and those parts of Silesia [...]

The Controversial attemp to Save Hungarian Jews! The Kastner Report!

The Kastner Report
Affidavit of Dr. Rudolf Kastner, former President of the
Hungarian Zionist Organization, 9/13/1945
 

This report has been transcribed from the original report and sworn statement made by Dr. Rudolf Kastner in London to the United States Major Judge Advocate General Warren Farr.
[The photo's have been added to enhance the text]

 
 

Rudolf Kastner

Dr. Reszco (Rudolf) Kastner, [...]

Recent comments on the HolocuastResearchProject Website!

 

www.HolocaustResearchProject.org
 
Some of the recent comments about the Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team Website

 

Calvin Estradilla wrote:I MUST SAY THAT THE HOLOCAUSTRESEARCHPROJECT.ORG WEBSITE IS BECOMING BY FAR THE MOST RELEVANT ONLINE RESOURCE FOR EVERYTHING RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST!
I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR WORK!
PLEASE CONTINUE IT!
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4/9/2009 5:39 [...]

Jurgen Stroop! Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Jürgen Stroop
 

Jürgen Stroop

The son of a policeman, Josef Stroop, was born on 26 September 1895 in Detmold, Germany, but he later changed his name in honour of his deceased son in 1941. During World War One Stroop served in several infantry regiments at the front and won an Iron Cross 2nd Class. He was also [...]

Nazi Euthanasia Centers – Hartheim!

Hartheim Euthanasia  Center

Hartheim

Hartheim castle, situated in the village of Alkoven near Linz in Austria, and close to the Mauthausen concentration camp, originally dated from the ninth century. The present castle was built at the end of the 16th century. By 1793 the building belonged to the princes of Starhemberg. In 1898 Hartheim castle was donated [...]

Nazi Propaganda – Der Untermensch!

Der Untermensch
"The subhuman"

The Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team has faithfully translated this infamous Nazi text from the original versions printed in both the German and Russian language. The purpose of this translation is for readers to understand the methods in which the Nazi propaganda machine would seek to dehumanize the victims of its  genocidal [...]

Der Sturmer !

Der Stürmer
"Die Juden sind unser Unglück!"
[Slogan printed on the bottom of the anti-Semitic newspaper Der Stürmer]
 

Cover  page to a 1938 edition of Der Stürmer

Der Stürmer was an anti-Semitic "tabloid style" newspaper published by Julius Streicher from 1923 almost continuously through to the end of World War II. Der Stürmer was viewed by Hitler as [...]

The origings of Kristalnacht & the story of Herschel Grynszpan

Herschel Grynszpan
 

Herschel Grynszpan

Herschel Grynszpan was born on the 28 March 1921 in Hannover, Germany, to Zindel and Rivka Grynszpan. He was one of three children an elder sister named Esther and a brother Mordechai.
 
Zindel a tailor prospered and Herschel grew up an intelligent sensitive child, with few close friends and was an active member [...]

Holocaust Ghettos

The Ghettos
Jewish Ghetto (location unknown)
The ghetto was not a Nazi invention. Its origins can be traced back to medieval times, when restrictions on the places where Jews were allowed to reside were commonplace throughout Europe. Although this restriction is usually perceived as relating to towns or cities, it even applied in certain cases [...]