Holocaust
1941 and 1942
1941
January 21-26, anti Jew riots take place in Romania, hundreds of Jews are butchered
June 22, Germany invaded the Soviet Union
September 28-29, 34,000 Jews are killed at Babi Yar outside Kiev
December 7, Pearl Harbor
December 11, US declares war on Japan and Germany
Soldier threatening local people
Concentration Camp
Jewish Star
1942
By the end of 1942, 600,000 Jews are murdered
During the winter of 1942, many Jews from Germany, Greece, and Norway are all shipped to killing centers
In May extermination of Jews by gas begins in Sobibor
In October more than 250,000 Jews are killed in Sobibor
In June and July Jewish partisan groups are formed in the forests of Belorussian and the Baltic States, in July many Jews form armed resistance groups in Jewish ghettos like Kremenets, Lachva, and Mir