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Subject: Holocaust Calendar: May 29
From: Ken McVay 
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[Follow-ups set]

May 29-June 3

1944

The Bulgarian-registered SS Maritza arrives in Istanbul
with 317 Jewish refugees; the ship sinks on its return
voyage from Istanbul to Constanza, Romania. (USHMM 1994, 44)

May 29

1961

During the 56th session of the trial of Adolf Eichmann, witness Joel
Brand testifies about Eichmann's offer to trade up to one million
Jews in exchange for goods; "He was prepared to sell me a million
Jews - goods for blood, that was his way of speech at the time."
(TAE, 1026)

                         Work Cited
                              
TAE. The Trial of Adolf Eichmann. The Trust fo the Publication of the
   Proceedings of the Eichmann Trial in co-operation with the Israel
   State Archives and Yad Vashem: Jerusalem, 1998.

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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