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Michael Eppolito

Modern Israel & the Diaspora Timeline (1946-1949) - 1 views

  • 4,500 Jewish refugees sails for British-administered Palestine
  • Congress passes the Displaced Persons Act, authorizing 200,000 DPs to enter the United States in 1949 and 1950.
  • Mob attack against Jewish survivors in Kielce, Poland. Following a ritual murder accusation, a Polish mob kill more than 40 Jews and wound dozens of others. This attack sparks a second mass migration of Jews from Poland and Eastern Europe to DP camps in Germany, Austria and Italy.
Michael Eppolito

Animated Map - 0 views

  • Warsaw — Animated Map
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What is Genocide? - 4 views

Michael Eppolito

HOLOCAUST HEROICS: GHETTO FIGHTERS AND PARTISANS IN ISRAELI SOCIETY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY1... - 2 views

  • Ghetto revolts and other armed Jewish resistance during the Holocaust are among the formative elements of Israeli Holocaust memory and Israeli national identity. This essay illustrates how Holocaust Ex-fighters have worked to make the story of armed Jewish resistance a part of Israel's national narrative.
  • set out to commemorate the armed Jewish resistance and the central role they played in making the resistance into an important element of Israeli identity.
  • The ability to fight and resist its attackers or oppressors was judged by many to be an indication of a society's moral fiber.
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