Newsgroups: alt.revisionism,soc.history,soc.culture.jewish Subject: Holocaust Calendar: March 8 Followup-To: alt.revisionism From: kmcvay@nizkor.org.nospam Reply-To: kmcvay@nizkor.org.nospam Organization: The Nizkor Project X-Remember: http://www.nizkor.org [Follow-ups set] March 8 1943 Reacting to agitation for resumption of deportation of Jews, including converts, in Slovakia, the local Catholic hierarchy issues a pastoral letter protesting against "measures that innocently deprive whole groups of our co- religionists and others of our fellow citizens of their personal, familial and material rights." (USHMM 1993, p. 26) 1944 As a result of the decision of March 5 to kill Czech-Jewish deportees housed in the Theresienstadt family camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, 3,791 Jewish men, women, and children are gassed; the women and children are killed in Crematorium II and the men in Crematorium III. Aware of what awaits them, many sing the Jewish anthem "Hatikvar", and the Czech national anthem. Just before they go to their deaths, Josef Mengele selects twins for medical experiments. Unable to protect the women and children, the educator Fredy Hirsch commits suicide. (See February 29 and March 5.) (USHMM 1994, 32) Work Cited USHMM (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). Fifty Years Ago: Revolt Amid the Darkness: Days of Remembrance, April 18-25, 1993. Washington, D.C.: 1993 USHMM (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). Fifty Years Ago: Darkness Before Dawn: Days of Remembrance, April 3-10, 1994. Washington, D.C.: 1994
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