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Servicemen of the 20th Air Force stationed in Guam during World War II participate in a Rosh Hashanah service. Approximately 1.5 million Jews served in the regular Allied militaries during World War II. [10] Approximately 550,000 American Jews served in the various branches of the United States Armed Forces.
Rena Kornreich Gelissen (24 August 1920 – 8 August 2006), Polish-Jewish (born in Tyliczi), author of Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz, survived. Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (10 August 1889 – 9 April 1968), Polish writer and World War II resistance fighter, co-founder the wartime Polish organization Żegota.
Leader of Romania during World War II Responsible for the Odessa massacre, deportations to Transnistria, and the Iași pogrom. Executed by firing squad Pierre Laval: June 28, 1883 October 15, 1945 62 years, 109 days Prime Minister of Vichy France: Executed by firing squad Philippe Pétain: April 24, 1856 July 23, 1951 95 years, 90 days
The people on this list are or were survivors of Nazi Germany's attempt to exterminate the Jewish people in Europe before and during World War II. A state-enforced persecution of Jewish people in Nazi-controlled Europe lasted from the introduction of the Nuremberg Laws in 1935 to Hitler's defeat in 1945.
This is a list of notable Jewish Americans in the U.S. military. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans. Colonel Aaron Bank, founder of the Green Berets › archives › la-xpm-2004-apr-02-me-bank2-story.html; Mel Brooks, U.S. Army combat engineer during World War II who participated in the Battle of the Bulge. [1]
During World War II 16.1 million American service members served [19] and more than 650,000 of them were Jewish American men and women. More than 50,000 American Jews received medals during the war [12] including five Medals of Honor. [9] [12] [23]
According to the Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, there were 23 main concentration camps (German: Stammlager), of which most had a system of satellite camps. [1] ...
Many on the lists below were of Jewish and Polish origin, although Soviet POWs, Jehovah's Witnesses, Serbs, Catholics, Roma and dissidents were also murdered. This list includes people from public life who, owing to their origins , their political or religious convictions, or their sexual orientation , were murdered by the Nazi regime.