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May 9

1244

Innocent IV issues a Papal Bull, "Impia judoerum perfidia,"
which orders the French King to burn the Talmud. Jews are
also forbidden to employ Christian nurses. (Wilensy, p. 326)

1943

The entire community of Skalat, in Ukraine, was murdered during 
an Aktion.  (Edelheit 1994, 175)

The Synod of the Evangelical-Reformed Churches in the Swiss city of 
Basel condemns the Swiss policy of virtual exclusion of refugees from 
the country.  (USHMM 1993, 33)

1944

One hundred eight prisoners are sent from Pithiviers internment camp to 
La Rochelle to build fortifications at the mouth of the Gironde River on the 
Atlantic coast. (USHMM 1994, 41)


                       Work Cited
                            
Edelheit, Abraham J., and Hershel Edelheit.  History of the 
	Holocaust:  A Handbook and Dictionary.  Boulder:  Westview 
	Press, 1994.

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

Wilensky, Gabriel.  Six Million Crucifixions: How Christian
Teachings about Jews Paved the Road to the Holocaust. San
Diego, California: QWERTY Publisheers, 2010


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