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World War I Begins
World War I Begins

World War I began in 1914, after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and lasted until 1918.

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World War I Ends
Adolf Hitler Named Chancellor in 1933
Adolf Hitler Named Chancellor in 1933

Source: The Greenville News

Buchenwald Concentration Camp Is Built In Germany
Buchenwald Concentration Camp Is Built In Germany

Buchenwald was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within Germany’s 1937 borders.

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World War II Begins
World War II Begins

Germany invades Poland on September 1, 1939.

Germany Invades Pinczow, Poland

Germans invade Bluma’s town of Pinczow. Bluma (age 13) and sister escape into nearby woods.

Wannsee Conference
Wannsee Conference

High ranking Nazi officials meet at a villa in Berlin Germany. The Wannsee Conference is where Hitler’s Final Solution is first planned and set in motion.

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Extermination Feared by Jews In Poland
Extermination Feared by Jews In Poland

SOURCE: New York Times (p.28)

Buchenwald Liberated By US Troops
Buchenwald Liberated By US Troops

Felix Goldberg among Jews in Buchenwald liberated by US Troops.

PHOTO: Felix Goldberg Buchenwald ID Card

Edward R. Murrow Radio Broadcast On The Liberation Of Buchenwald

CBS Newsman Edward R Murrow’s radio broadcast on the occasion of the liberation of Buchenwald.

Congressmen See Horrors of Nazi Camp
Congressmen See Horrors of Nazi Camp

Associated Press published in The State (Columbia SC).

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Bluma Is Liberated From Kaufering VI In Turkhein Camp

Bluma (along with her sister) is liberated from Kaufering VI in Turkhein (subcamp to Dachau) camp by 12th Armored Division of US Army; transported to Holzhausen Hospital near Landsberg Germany.

Felix Goldberg’s Name On “List Of Jewish Survivors From Camp Buchenwald”

This list was prepared by the World Jewish Congress.

World War II Ends
World War II Ends

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Nuremberg Trials Begin
Nuremberg Trials Begin

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President Harry Truman becomes the first world leader to officially recognize Israel

On May 14 1948, President Harry Truman becomes the first world leader to officially recognize Israel as a legitimate Jewish state , only eleven minutes after its creation.

A Primer In Resettlement For Small Communities
A Primer In Resettlement For Small Communities

In May 1949, New Neighbors, a USNA newsletter, featured an article, “A Primer in Resettlement for Small Communities,” which described Columbia SC efforts to welcome displaced persons.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: A Primer In Resettlement For Small Communities

Auschwitz Trials (1963-1965)

The Frankfurt-Auschwitz Trials were the trials of twenty-two Nazi personnel who served at the Auschwitz Camp Complex between 1940 and 1945. The trials primarily took place in Frankfurt am Main between 20 December 1963 and 20 August 1965.

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