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Registration of Property
German Jews required to register their property. At this point all Jews basically owned absolutely nothing -
Evian Conference
Convened by President Roosevelt, 32 countries meet at the Evian Conference in France to discuss refugee problem. Little is accomplished; most Western countries unwilling to accept Jewish refugees. -
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the expulsion of Polish Jews from Germany
Affected nearly 18,000 Polish-Jews,. Passports of Polish citizens residing abroad for more than five years would require revalidation. -
Cease of Businesses
All Jewish retail establishments in Germany ordered to cease business by end of year. -
White Paper issued
British government issues a White Paper which restricts future Jewish immigration to Palestine to 75,000 over the next five years. -
Jews turned away from Cuba
The S.S. St. Louis, carrying 930 Jewish refugees, is turned away by Cuba. The U.S. refuses to admit the refugees, who are forced to return to Europe. -
Invasion on Poland
Germany invades Poland. Polish Jews soon become prisoners -
the call for violence to stop by Goebbels.
Sixty-two Jews suffered punishment so severe that the police, “unable to bear their cries, turned their backs”. They were beaten until they fell and, when they fell, they were further beaten. At the end of it, “twelve of the sixty-two were dead, their skulls smashed. The others were all unconscious. The eyes of some had been knocked out, their faces flattened and shapeless”. The 30,000 Jewish men who had been imprisoned during Kristallnacht were released over the next three months but, by then, -
Polish People Die
Germans have killed more than 16,000 Polish civilians in first six weeks of war. Five thousand of them are Jewish.