Courtesy of The Wiener Holocaust Library Collections.
Antisemitism is hostility, prejudice or discrimination towards Jews.
This section explores antisemitism throughout history. For a more detailed definition of antisemitism, see here.
On 30 January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor by President Hinderburg.
On 30 January 1939, Hitler announced 'the extermination of European Jewry' if war were to break out.
On 16 January 1942, the Nazis began the deportation of Jews and Roma from Łódź Ghetto to Chelmno extermination camp.
On 20 January 1942, Heydrich presented the ‘Final Solution of the Jewish Question' at Wannsee. Image courtesy of David Allthorpe.
On 27 January 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz camp. They found just 7,000 remaining prisoners.
