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  • 11HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …

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  • 12Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II — World War II seriesv · d · e …

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  • 13Strategic bombing during World War II — For a list of notable strategic bombings in the European Theatre of World War II, see List of air operations during the Battle of Europe. Main article: Air warfare of World War II Strategic bombing during World War II Part of World War II …

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  • 14BRATISLAVA — (Ger. Pressburg, Hg. Pozsony; former Slovak name Prešporek), capital of slovakia ; until 1918 in Hungary; former chartered capital of the kings of Hungary. It was one of the most ancient and important Jewish centers in the Danube region. The… …

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  • 15Avi Becker — is a writer, statesman, and Professor at the Harold Hartog School of Government and Policy at Tel Aviv University. [ [http://spirit.tau.ac.il/government/AviB.asp The Harold Hartog School of Government and Policy ] ] Born in Tel Aviv in 1951,… …

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  • 16MEMORY — holocaust literature in european languages historiography of the holocaust holocaust studies Documentation, Education, and Resource Centers memorials and monuments museums film survivor testimonies Holocaust Literature in European Languages The… …

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  • 17Bibliography —   INTRODUCTION   The imposing number of books and articles that have been published in recent years about the Holocaust has made it necessary to prioritize the literature in regard to significance. As a consequence, a bibliography of the… …

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  • 18CZECHOSLOVAKIA — CZECHOSLOVAKIA, republic in Central Europe. Founded in 1918, it united within its political framework the Jewries of the historic countries (bohemia , moravia , and part of silesia ), connected with the hapsburg Empire from 1526 and under its… …

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  • 19WARSAW — (Pol. Warszawa), originally capital of the Masovia region; from the 16th century, capital of Poland. Jews were apparently living in Warsaw by the end of the 14th century, but the first explicit information on Jewish settlement dates from 1414. In …

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  • 20Operation Bamberg — Part of World War II Date March 26 April 6, 1942 Location Hłusk, Bobrujsk, Polesie, Belarus …

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