Category Archives: The Holocaust

February Strike begins in the Netherlands to protest anti-Jewish measures of Nazi occupiers 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 25 1941)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II

Video: 'The World at War: Occupation: Holland - 1940-1944 (18 of 26)' (February Strike at 14:20)

(Tuesday, February 25, 1941; during the era of The Holocaust, part of World War II) — The February Strike, a general strike in the German-occupied Netherlands organized by the then-outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands in defense of persecuted Dutch Jews, began today following a series of arrests and pogroms held by the Germans in the Jewish neighborhood of Jodenbuurt in Amsterdam.
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Germans seal off Warsaw Ghetto, cutting off 380,000 Jews 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 15 1940)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: '912 days of the Warsaw Ghetto' (Nov. 15, 1940, at 5:53)

(Friday, November 15, 1940; during The Holocaust, part of World War II) — The Warsaw Ghetto in occupied Poland, the largest of all the Nazi ghettos during World War II, was officially sealed today by a 9.8-foot high wall topped with barbed wire, cutting off 380,000 Jews from the rest of the world. Continue reading Germans seal off Warsaw Ghetto, cutting off 380,000 Jews 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 15 1940) →

First mass transport to Auschwitz concentration camp arrives 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 14 1940)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'Auschwitz Concentration Camp - Documentary'

(Friday, June 14, 1940; during The Holocaust, part of World War II) — The first large shipment of prisoners — 728 Polish resistance members — arrived today at the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. Continue reading First mass transport to Auschwitz concentration camp arrives 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 14 1940) →

Israeli agents capture Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Argentina 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 11 1960)

1960s, The Holocaust


Video: 'Nazi Hunters Part 10 Hunting Adolf Eichmann' (Eichmann captured at 40:04)

(Wednesday, May 11, 1960, 8:10 p.m. ARST) — A team of Israeli agents captured fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann shortly after he got off of a bus tonight near his home on Garibaldi Street in San Fernando, Argentina, just north of Buenos Aires. Continue reading Israeli agents capture Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Argentina 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 11 1960) →

Auschwitz concentration camp established by Heinrich Himmler 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 27 1940)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'Architecture of Murder: The Auschwitz-Birkenau Blueprints'

(Saturday, April 27, 1940; during The Holocaust) — Following a number of inspections at various sites, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, a leading member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) of Germany, ordered the establishment of a new concentration camp today in the former artillery barracks in Oswiecim, known in German as Auschwitz. Continue reading Auschwitz concentration camp established by Heinrich Himmler 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 27 1940) →

Miep Gies, protector of Anne Frank, dies at age 100 10 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 11 2010)

2010s, The Holocaust


Video: 'Woman Who Helped Hide Anne Frank Dies'

(Monday, January 11, 2010, evening Central European Time) — Miep Gies, the Dutch office secretary who defied Nazi occupiers to hide Anne Frank and her family for two years and saved the teenager’s diary, died tonight in Hoorn, The Netherlands. She was 100. Continue reading Miep Gies, protector of Anne Frank, dies at age 100 10 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 11 2010) →

Holocaust diarist Anne Frank born in Frankfurt 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 12 1929)

1920s, The Holocaust


Video: 'Anne Frank The Life of a Young Girl'

(Wednesday, June 12, 1929, 7:30 a.m. Central European Time) — Anne Frank, the teenager who gained fame posthumously with the publication of The Diary of a Young Girl in which she documented her life in hiding from 1942 to 1944, during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, was born Annelies Marie Frank today at the Maingau Red Cross Clinic in Frankfurt, Germany. Continue reading Holocaust diarist Anne Frank born in Frankfurt 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 12 1929) →

World’s worst human being born 130 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 20 1889)

1880s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'Adolf Hitler - Dictator | Mini Bio | BIO'

(Saturday, April 20, 1889) — Adolf Hitler, the German dictator who initiated World War II in Europe, invaded 22 countries, relentlessly bombed Great Britain and was central to the perpetration of The Holocaust, was born today in Braunau am Inn, a town in Austria-Hungary (in present-day Austria), close to the border with the German Empire. Continue reading World’s worst human being born 130 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 20 1889) →

‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ opens in New York City 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 18 1959)

1950s, Movies 1950s, The Holocaust


Video: 'DIARY OF ANNE FRANK PREMIERE - NO SOUND'

(Wednesday, March 18, 1959, 8:30 p.m. EST) — The Diary of Anne Frank, a film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, based on the personal diary of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who lived in hiding with her family during World War II, premiered tonight at RKO Palace in New York City’s Times Square. Continue reading ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ opens in New York City 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 18 1959) →

Death of German diplomat sparks Kristallnacht 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 9 1938)

1930s, The Holocaust


Video: 'Night of Broken Glass - Decades TV Network'

(Wednesday, November 9, 1938, approximately 4:30 p.m. Western European Time) — German diplomat Ernst vom Rath, shot Nov. 7, 1938, at the German embassy in Paris by Herschel Grynszpan, 17, whose Jewish parents were among those recently deported from Germany to Poland, died this afternoon at the Clinique de l’Alma. Continue reading Death of German diplomat sparks Kristallnacht 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 9 1938) →