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The Glass House in Budapest officially opened its doors to the public #OTD 24 July 1944 Operating under the auspices of the Swiss Consulate, the house became a rescue activity hub & the location for the preparation & distribution of letters of protection ow.ly/UXSJ50PfztR

In defiance of Nazi orders, Adam Czerniakow (chairman of the Warsaw ghetto Judenrat) refused to prepare the lists of persons slated for deportation Instead, he committed suicide #OTD 23 July 1942 Learn more about the Warsaw ghetto: ow.ly/3tA750Alxpo

#HolocaustEducation #CPD #MuseumEducation Are you an educator at a Holocaust museum or memorial? Do you lead tours, run educational programs, engage in community outreach, or develop your own educational projects? If so, we invite you to join us at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem,…

#OTD 22 July 1942, the eve of Tisha B'Av (Fast of Av), the Great Deportation from the Warsaw Ghetto began. By 21 September more than 265,000 Jews had been deported to the Treblinka death camp and murdered. Learn more: bit.ly/4kzqYuB

Haim Eliyahu Polaczek fell #OTD 21 July 1942, during the uprising in the Nieśwież ghetto in Belarus Polaczek had been in charge of preparing acids and explosives; on the night he fell, he had manned a firing position opposite the ghetto gate See more: bit.ly/4cPG0JN

During the Holocaust, playing chess was a form of escapism which allowed Jews a few brief moments of respite from their suffering This #WorldChessDay explore our online collection of 13 chess boards and the stories behind them: bit.ly/4lSfdjZ

#WorldChessDay Herman Rautenberg, an anti-Nazi activist from Berlin, was sent to Dachau & then to Buchenwald; he made this chess game from scraps of paper he found there during his two-year imprisonment Rautenberg was murdered in November 1939 More: bit.ly/4nMcuu6

#WorldChessDay "What I achieved – turning a tool of punishment into a tool of peace after breaking it into pieces and carving chess pieces from it – was to give my fellow Jews a rare chance to forget their pitiful circumstances for a while." Elhanan Ejbuszyc carved these chess…

IHRA calls for greater protection of Holocaust remembrance amid rising antisemitism bit.ly/4kQZuRr via @TimesofIsrael

#SaturdayNightArt Artist Felix Nussbaum was arrested & deported to Mechelen camp #OTD 20 July 1944; later that month he was deported to Auschwitz, where he was murdered Explore this #OnlineExhibition of his work: bit.ly/4m0TkiJ

#PhotoFriday #OTD 18 July 1947, Jewish Holocaust survivors, deemed to be “illegal immigrants” by the British government, were removed by soldiers from the ship Exodus upon its arrival in Haifa; the survivors were eventually deported to Germany Learn more: ow.ly/ArQw50JNkXs

Esther Frenkel and her two-year-old son, Richard, were arrested in Paris #OTD 17 July 1942, the 2nd day of the Vel d'Hiv round-up After a few days of confinement, they were sent to the Pithiviers transit camp and later to Auschwitz This is their story: ow.ly/4FGS50JNkTr

“There is not much to report here on the way to heaven.” Jane Haining Righteous Among the Nations Jane Haining was a Scottish woman who was deeply committed to her faith and who sacrificed her life for her ideals. It was her calling that took her away from her native Scotland,…

Paris, 1942: Three Jewish families - the Sebbanes, the Polakiewiczs & the Zonszajns – lived in the same building at 43 Vieille du Temple St The Polakiewiczs and the Zonszajns were rounded up #OTD 16 July 1942 in the Vel d'Hiv roundup This is their story: ow.ly/WJLe50JNkNQ

Today, a memorial service for the Greek Jews who lost their lives during the horror of the Holocaust was held at the synagogue of Yad Vashem, World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, in Jerusalem. @yadvashem #Greece #Holocaust

The delegation had the opportunity to visit @yadvashem, the World Holocaust Remembance Centre, to learn about the rise of antisemitism and the systematic genocide of Jews. The delegates also had the opportunity to pay their respects to survivors and their families, particularly…

At dawn #OTD 16 July 1942, some 4,500 French policemen, acting for the German authorities, arrested over 11,000 foreign Jews living in Paris, imprisoning them in appalling conditions in the Vel’ d’Hiv Most were later murdered in Auschwitz Learn more: ow.ly/hA2o50JNkIq

The Güns family left Zagreb #OTD 15 July 1941; their cover story was that they were going on a two-week vacation. Before leaving, they destroyed all their original documents so that nothing incriminating would remain that could give away their Jewish identity. They succeeded in…

Fredy Hirsch: a courageous Jewish educator, athlete, and openly gay man who defied the Nazis. Fredy Hirsch was many things in his too-short life: a gangly boy eager to impress his strong butcher father; a gifted athlete who excelled in pole vault and high jump competitions…

Vilna, Lithuania was liberated #OTD 13 July 1944 Some 700 Jews from the ghetto had joined the partisans in the forests; they fought against the Germans until the arrival of the Red Army, and participated in the liberation of the city Learn more: bit.ly/3IlyaNx…