Courtesy of The Wiener Holocaust Library Collections.
Antisemitism is hostility, prejudice or discrimination towards Jews.
This section explores antisemitism throughout history.
On 1 April 1933, the Nazi Party led a nationwide boycott of Jewish-owned businesses across Germany
On 25 April 1933, the Law Against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities was issued, restricting the number of Jewish students.
On 7 April 1943, the SS shut down the Chełmno death camp for the first time. They would later reopen it to liquidate the Łódź ghetto.
On 19 April 1943, the beginning of the liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto was met with organised armed resistance by its residents.
On 11 April 1945, the US army liberated Buchenwald camp.
On 15 April 1945, Bergen-Belsen camp was liberated by the British Army.
On 30 April 1945, Hitler took his own life in his bunker underneath the Reich chancellery in Berlin.
