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Aliya
Holocaust Diaries
Information Regarding Relatives and Friends
Jewish Schools - Ussr
Letters
"aktions" Against Children
Aliya Bet
Aliya Training After the War
Attitude Toward Jews - German Population
Attitude Towards Jews - Lithuania and the Lithuanian Population
Antisemitism Before the War
Cross
Health
Hospitals
Hunger
Badge of Shame
Burning of Synagogues
Closing of Jewish Schools
Confiscation of Jewish Property
Deutsche Polizei
Antisemitism
Concentration Camps
Deportations
Ghettos
Executions
Holidays
Intelligence
Evacuation
Ghettoization
Hiding
Agriculture
Anti-German Propaganda
Attitude of the Slovenian Population
Education
Einsatzgruppe a
"aktions" in the Ghettos
Annexation of Territories to the Soviet Union in 1939-1940
Deportation to the Ghettos
Escape From the Ghettos
Air-Raids
Army Hospitals
Children
Combat