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 24 February 1920, Hitler announced the new 25 point party programme for the German Worker's Party.
On 27 February 1933, the Reichstag building burned down. A Dutch communist, Van der Lubbe, was arrested for the crime.
On 28 February 1933, the day after the Reichstag Fire, President Hindenburg declared a state of emergency. This increased the Nazis power.
On 6 February 1943, Jews in Thessalonika, Greece, were forced into ghettos. One month later, 45,000 of them were deported to Auschwitz.
On 26 February 1943, the first large transport of Roma deported from Germany arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
