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Czechoslovakian Army
Deportation to Auschwitz
Hiding Place
Jewish Resistance
Orphanages
"aktions" in the Ghettos
Food
Forced Labor
Ghettos
Help to Jews - Non Jews
Aliya Bet
Jewish Refugees During the War
Polizeifuehrer
Prisons
Refugees During the War
Chef Der Ordnungspolizei
Decrees
Deutsche Polizei
Ministry of Internal Affairs - Germany