Die Geschichte der Juden im Saarland
vom Ancien Régime bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg
Description:... Among others, mentions expulsions of Jews from localities in this region in the 18th century, discriminatory laws in the 19th century, and rising antisemitism in the 1920s. After 1933, more than 50% of the Jews emigrated. Surveys the activities of Joseph Bürckel in the discrimination and persecution of the Jews in the Saarland, the events of the "Kristallnacht" pogrom, and the deportation to Gurs in October 1940, from where they were sent in 1942 to concentration camps.
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