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Attitude Towards the Jews - Poland and the Polish Population
Badge of Shame
Camps - Administration
Confiscation of Property
Culture in the Ghettos
Aliya - Plans
Anti-Jewish Orders and Decrees
Antisemitism Before the War
Assistance to Jews
Belorussian Collaborators
Collaborators
Contribution
Jewish Collaborators
Murder of Jews
"aktions" in the Ghettos
Attitude of the Polish Population
Escape From the Ghettos
Escape to Forests
Help to Jews - Poland
Abuse
Forced Labor
Aliya
Burning of Corpses
Burning of Synagogues
Death Marches
Deportation Trains
Child Rescue
Denunciation
Deportation to the Ghettos
Anti-Jewish Legislation
Destruction of Synagogues
Ghettoization
Ammunition Factories
Animals
Escape Attempts
Escape From Camps
"aktions" Against Children
Deportation to Extermination Camps
Escape From a Transport
Extradition
Passports
Children
Hunger
Deportation to camps
Jewish education
Evacuation
"She’erith Hapletah"
Partisans
Hiding place
Jewish children
Family relations
Rehabilitation of life after the war
DP camps
Holocaust survivors
Typhus
Information regarding relatives and friends
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German
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Dutch
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Interview(s)
Record of murdered persons
Record of persecuted persons
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