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Warsaw ghetto
sealed off the Warsaw ghetto -
invasion of the Soviet Union
invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, Einsatzgruppen and Waffen SS units -
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the Jew deportation from Germany and it's allies
Nazi Germany and its Allies deported nearly three million Jews from areas under their control to Nazi-occupied Poland -
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major deportation to killing centers
Germany and German-occupied Europe were deported by rail to the killing centers in occupied Poland, where they were killed -
Jews ferried from denmark
ferried 7,200 Jews or about 90 percent of the Jews in Denmark. -
End of holocaust
The marches continued until May 7, 1945, the day the German armed forces surrendered unconditionally to the Allies. -
end of WW II
World War II officially ended in Europe on the next day, May 8, while Soviet forces announced their “Victory Day” on May 9, 1945. -
The last camp
The last camp for Jewish displaced persons closed in 1957.