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Attitude of Jews Towards Jewish Refugees
Attitude Toward Jews
Attitude Towards the Jews - Poland and the Polish Population
Camp Life
Daily Life
"she’erith Hapletah"
Confiscation of Jewish Property – Poland
Destruction of Property
Looting
Theft of Jewish Property
Gendarmerie
German Gendarmerie
Reich Commissariat for Ukraine
Ukrainian Gendarmerie
Burning of Corpses
ChGK - Chrezvychaynaya Gosudarstvennaya Komissiya Po Ustanovleniyu I Rassledovaniyu Zlodeyaniy Nemetsko-Fashistskikh Zakhvatchikov I Ikh Soobshchnikov
Children's Homes
Contribution
Cover up of Traces of Murder
Extermination Camps
Jewish Police