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Theresienstadt concentration camp, now in the Czech Republic

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Also Known As	Terezín
Date	1941 - 1945

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Nazi Party SS Jew Auschwitz Dachau Buchenwald Bergen-Belsen Sachsenhausen Ravensbrück Majdanek Stutthof Belzec Neuengamme-Ring

Czech Republic

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Baeck, Leo

Leo Baeck

German theologian

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Germany invades Poland, September 1, 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By September 20, only Warsaw held out, but final surrender came on September 29.

Pop Quiz: 17 Things to Know About World War II