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It is not incorrect to say that in Germany at the beginning of the twentieth century Jews were, although a minority, well integrated, having embraced  the German language, culture, education and lifestyle. German Jews contributed greatly to science, literature, arts, and education and some of them were awarded the Nobel prize –first of all Albert Einstein–… Continua a leggere The beginning of the persecution

The Auschwitz extermination camp was liberated on 27 January 1945 by Soviet troops, who found only a few thousand prisoners alive but exhausted of strength and energy; the others had been forced by the Nazis to walk west, in the so-called “death marches“ The Germans, before running away, had tried to burn and destroy all… Continua a leggere The liberation of Auschwitz