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Israeli history

The history of Israel encompasses the history of the modern State of Israel, as well as that of the Jews in the Land of Israel.

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Reichszentrale fuer Juedische Auswanderung

History; Israeli history

Nazi central agency for Jewish emigration matters set up in the German Ministry of' Interior on Jan. 14, 1939.

Bergen-Belsen

History; Israeli history

Nazi concentration camp in northwestern Germany. Erected in 1943. Thousands of Jews, political prisoners, and POWs were killed there. Liberated by British troops in April 1945, although many of the ...

Gross-Rosen

History; Israeli history

Nazi concentration camp located near a granite quarry of the same name in Lower Silesia. The working conditions involved backbreaking labor in the quarry and special work assignments during what were ...

Death Camp

History; Israeli history

Nazi extermination centers where Jews and non-Jews were brought to be put to death as part of Hitler's Final Solution during the Holocaust.

Madagascar Plan

History; Israeli history

Nazi plan to evacuate 4,000,000 Jews to Madagascar over a period of four years. It was taken up in the summer of 1940, but shelved February 10, 1942, after the Nazis decided to carry out the “Final ...

development towns

History; Israeli history

New towns established in Israel to provide for urban growth, but essentially to house immigrants since 1950's, succeeding the ma'abarah, transitional camp, which had been widely used since 1948. Its ...

Haram Al-Sharif

History; Israeli history

Noble Sanctuary. Refers to the area that the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque are located in Jerusalem where the Jewish Temple once stood.

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